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Comment by alliecat

"Sucking" doesn't actually generate any thrust - In highschool, my physics teacher did a demo with a T-shaped pipe with a fan in the middle, suspended from some string.

Without the T, the pipe moved as you'd expect. With the T directing the airflow in equal proportions perpendicular to the axis of the pipe, the pipe stayed still as if the fan wasn't on at all.

parent alliecat 7 years ago

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