On the morning of March 26th, on the dry Lake Ivanpah on the border of Nevada/California USA, The Ecotricity Greenbird driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world land speed record for wind powered vehicles. The Greenbird clocked 126.1 mph (202.9 km/h) , eclipsing the old, American held, record of 116 mph , set by Bob Schumacher in the Iron Duck in March 1999 at the same location.
the wing is a low acceleration wing , hence the counter weight to windward, The icebird is a high acceleration wing and set up more traditionally thanks for thinking of us though, we are often in the dark on alot of topics!
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