Ram air turbine

Re:Ram air turbine by jonsen on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:17AM (#11437618)

"ram pressure" is a link to its own explaining wiki-page.

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Re:Ram air turbine by unwind on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:23AM (#11437645)

Yes of course, I read that and it didn't help. It talks about the drag experienced by an object moving in a fluid. I guess I'm just dense.

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Re:Ram air turbine by jonsen on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:47AM (#11437727)

You are right, not really informative. Maybe Ram Air Turbine is a bad name. A turbine driven by the airflow from "ramming" through the air?!

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