Thanks for the note, and another recommendation pointing me toward Rhino. I'm resisting because everything else I do is on a Mac and I have heard...
I think I understand this in a very crude way, but how does one go about finding the waterline position when heeled &/or flooded? I have a...
I am building a Mackinaw boat, but don't want to be so "traditional" that the thing will sink or turtle if swamped. What is the best way to get a...
I am doing a test hull section for a boat that can't be covered with one sheet of f-glass. The fibers of the edge of the 'glass at the overlap are...
Can you refer me to some examples of these engines that you like? I would still have the question of how to mount and ship the monster over a...
Since your signature-block contains something about twin 318 Chryslers, I suspect we might be speaking different languages, but I was thinking...
Why variable displacement? Couldn't you just have a reversing valve and use the engine rpm to vary speed?
I am trying to find out who might sell the designs of Nelson Zimmer. I know about the designs marketed by WB, but I am wondering about the...
Thanks to all for your thoughts and patience with an "old dog (me) trying to learn new tricks.."
I am sorry I wasn't clear, I was wondering about baffles within the tank. If the tank was essentially a sponge, like the gas tanks on fighter...
I am imagining a centerboard sailboat of the heavy "shallop" type which historically would probably have had a variable combination of...
You can spin a hard-boiled egg on the table but not a raw egg......
It seems that if a boat is water-ballasted, even if the tanks are totally full so that there is no "free surface," one might achieve some...
I don't have to go back to Granddaddy, my dad remembered horse drawn postal and milk trucks. So now that I have revealed my advanced age, I can...
Very cool technology. However I look at that thing in proportion to the guy's hand and look at the wires coming out of it and I can't help but...
charger There is no reason you couldn't belt a regular marine generator to a small gas engine, Lawn mower or outboard that lost it's lower...
diy generator Be VERY careful if this is going in a confined space. Real boat generators and starters are totally enclosed to be "explosion...
elec / diesel Unfortunately the "problem" with electric is that it is competing against petroleum which is a phenomenal energy source. If...
the first link you posted is terrifically interesting from a technological standpoint but their web-site makes it look like they are going for the...
motors You can get all kinds of torque out of an electric at low speeds while the ammeter goes through the roof. A permanent magnet DC motor...
