Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Minn Kota - Thrust

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Hylands" <hylands@ibm.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Minn Kota - Thrust


> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 21:38:17 PST, "Paul Suds" <paul_suds@hotmail.com>
> wrote:

"> I read, a couple years ago, a paper by some guys in Japan, who did some
> extensive studies of underwater laminar flow, and they found that a
> modified teardrop, with the main bulge moved back to about the half-way
> point, was the most efficient form underwater.
> I'm trying to find the paper reference, but no luck so far..."

Jon,

You gotta scanner?  Let me know when you find the reference.  We could swap
graph paper drawings to compare.

Pat