Flettner Rotorship - the excitement builds ...

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by rwatson, Feb 23, 2010.

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  1. rwatson
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    Both speed of wind and speed of spin increase the lift. The power for increasing the spin doesn't get too great. The optimum between each is easily calculated.
    For commercial results, check out the last three posts at the much more comprehensive thread at
    Everything Old is new again - Flettner Rotor Ship is launched https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/everything-old-is-new-again-flettner-rotor-ship-is-launched.24081/
     
    rwatson, Oct 27, 2017
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