Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Minn Kota - Thrust

["Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>]

Thanks Jon,

I'm reading text and comparing silhouettes now...

Your URL takes us to your SEEKER AUV design: I see what you mean about a
teardrop that is "thickest" in the middle.


Ken Schulze is an aeronautical engineer who's offered to compare my
elongated teardrop hulls to data determined by windtunnel testing; sounds
like there might be some correlation here.  Will be interesting to see how
the numbers work out.

Jump on in here, Ken!  Take a look and tell us what you think.  More
flow-efficient (less form drag) with the apex of the camber, say,  1/3 back
from the leading edge and tapering gradually back from there; or in
midcamber, as Jon's design?  And please explain why, if you would.

And would you think one design more or less efficient than the other for
fast or slow speeds?

VBR.

Pat