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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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