Timeline for Can you put a propeller on the back of a plane, and have it go forward?
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| Aug 29, 2022 at 21:10 | comment | added | Trunk | Yeah. It was nice piece of idea borrowing by Murray. Though at the time no one in F1 said anything other than it being another devilishly clever idea from the ZA genius. | |
| Aug 29, 2022 at 19:32 | comment | added | Eric S | @Trunk Jim Hall’s Chaparral 2J predates that car by at least 7 years. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars?wprov=sfti1 | |
| Aug 26, 2022 at 16:50 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | @Trunk For another non-flying example, think of airboats, which are propelled by a large fan at the back. Come to think of it, most powered boats and ships have the propeller(s) at the back, though unlike airboats, they're usually underwater. | |
| Aug 26, 2022 at 16:27 | comment | added | Boeing787 | @Trunk, that car is very interesting!!!! | |
| Aug 25, 2022 at 16:40 | comment | added | Trunk | Pusher's nose fins and fans reminds me of the famed Brabham "fan car" of 1978 tracksidelegends.com/articles/brabham-f1-fan-car-BT46B though in the latter case the fan was for enhancing ground-effect of air under the car rather than thrust forward. | |
| Aug 25, 2022 at 2:06 | history | edited | Boeing787 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 25, 2022 at 1:51 | history | answered | Boeing787 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |