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Comment by hexane360

You were downvoted because your calculations were for regular sails, and sailboats, instead of for Magnus effect.

Wikipedia says:

    F = L*rho*v*2*pi*r^2*omega
where L is the length of the cylinder, rho is the fluid density, v is the fluid velocity, r is the cylinder radius, and omega is the cylinder angular velocity.

What angular velocity are you assuming in your calculations?

parent hexane360 8 years ago

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