Well, well. So... maybe not so science fiction as I was led to believe. I'll follow the testing of that system with interest.
Thanks for the discussion on this topic. This was what I wanted to know. Seems that at the moment the problems are primarily cost, though the...
Hmmm, all good information, but I knew most of that. What I was trying to discuss was a pod motor vs. a hull mount, and by using a pod that can...
I think we're getting way off the point of this discussion. Perhaps if we got back to basics and talked. What is it that you believe shapes a...
Thank you for your reply, Rick. Just curious, but I would think that the more water you were biting with your prop at lower RPM speeds the...
This would miss the whole point of this exorcise, which is to make a powered mast that requires no sheet. Obviously, traditional sheet and tackle...
Well, I wasn't trying to say I came up with it. I was just wondering if this is viable, or why you wouldn't want to do it. But I'm not talking...
I'm just curious here... but if you were using a hybrid system with electric motors to drive your prop, and, from what I read, electric motors...
LP, I know these are grossly ball park numbers, but they do give me some hope since the rotator motor I was considering was 73,000 in/lb....
Thank you all for your information, I'm trying to get some rough numbers now.
LP, thank you so much for your reply. It's very close to giving me the ball park number I'm looking for, but maybe you could help me a little...
As a purely theoretical exorcise I was looking at what it would take to put a powered motor on a mast to rotate the mast and boom rather than a...
I understand that what I'm asking isn't normal for a typical rig. But go with me. If the full force of the wind on the sail was attempting to...
OK, I'll try again... Take away the sheet and let the wind move the mast freely. I still need to calculate this force.
OK. Though I appreciate all the things everyone has talked about when it comes to booms and pins and goosenecks, etc. this isn't what I need....
Hello. I need to calculate the approximate rotational force on a mast and have no idea what formula I should use. Based on a mast height...
