Hi, Will. Thanks for your contributions to the forum! Yes, agree that my written statement wasn't a good one the way it stands, just thought...
Who knows, Orcas might just be defending their territory against Intruders, like a lot of animals do, while having fun humiliating a much more...
Make the Rudders out of conducting material and temporarily electrifiy them just enough to shock /repel- but not hurt the orcas?
Auxiliary emergency deflection system might be helpful. Maybe a Rocket motor to turn the ship ever so slightly so that it can be made to...
Agree on the 'go fast' boat fallacy approach for defense. One article said the ghost was promoted and developed in response to the attack on the...
GHOST works with propulsion below the surface and without control issues or spiraling into the air like the second picture. But Ghost kind of...
The gas envelope appears to come from air storage tanks within the super cavitating torpedo? Supercavitating Torpedo...
Thanks DC ! My guess is that it takes more energy (wasted prop slip) during the process of quickly getting up to cruising speed (that is above...
Why does the air bubble concept work so well with 230 knot torpedoes, and mostly so insignificantly with surface boat designs? Supercavitating...
Hi Barry, thanks for your response! I think the he bulbous Bow would be immersed when the tanker is fully loaded which means it would get the...
Thanks for your reply! Hull speed - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_speed Just wondering if the propeller design has to be...
Curious if having more mass (and thus momentum) is helpful with efficiency with everything else (except maybe hull shape) being the same, when...
Thanks! That explains everything, ha!
Will, Last message #15 in this link references the need to Portage, it is dated March of 2016, Everglades Challenge: the Right Boat?...
Yes, it's kind of fun and interesting about the trash can part, JMHO- kind of smells like a prankster, huh.. My thought was to reference those...
