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    Propeller test data

    I do not completely understand what you are asking. Are you interested in knowing the performance of the prop for a range of speed regimes, or the...
    Post by: Alan Gilbert, May 15, 2020 in forum: Props
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    Finding the area of the waterplane at the design water line?

    I assume the jeweler's scale would be sufficiently accurate, and the paper is essentially uniform in density. Regarding the rest of the...
    Post by: Alan Gilbert, May 15, 2020 in forum: Education
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    Design Displacement vs Construction Displacement

    I am pleased to hear that my diatribe was helpful. In rereading it I do have one important correction. The 5th paragraph, at the end, discussing...
    Post by: Alan Gilbert, May 12, 2020 in forum: Sailboats
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    Design Displacement vs Construction Displacement

    I wish the answer were straight forward. Many years ago as part of a paper I wrote on genereic yacht characteristics, one of the terms that often...
    Post by: Alan Gilbert, May 12, 2020 in forum: Sailboats
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    R.I.P. Savitsky

    I was first introduced to Dan in the early 60' while an NA & ME student at the University of Michigan. His paper on planning craft speed...
    Post by: Alan Gilbert, May 12, 2020 in forum: Hydrodynamics and Aerodynamics