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Re: Screw size and speed)



On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:39:45 -0700 Dick Morrisson writes:
>I just like to explore new ideas.  My own school of
>thought is to try placing two wings on the ends of two long pivoting
beams
>such that they sweep a short arc.  The wings would pivot around the 
>end of the beams as they went back and forth in the arc.  The horizontal

>forces would cancel along with the tendency to move the hull sideways
leaving 
>a pure forward propulsion with each stroke. 

I want to hear more about this, Dick.   Have you made drawings?   Perhaps
a model?



Mike Holt
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