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| Nov 20, 2009 4:20 pm |
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re: On fins and nuclear powered ships.. and flaps |
| abbeboulah
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This interesting item about the humpback whale fins got me to thinking about applying such bumps to an idea I have mulled about for some time, (and was going to try out myself as soon as I grow up enough to get myself a trailer to put my old dinghy in the water again). I put this idea out for free use by anybody who wishes to pursue it, even though Abbé Boulah's attorney suggested I should try to patent it (of course I'd have to pay him...) The idea is this: apply a flap or series of flaps to the bottom of the boat that respond to the varying pressure exerted on the boat by waves in the following manner: when the waves lift the vessel (or the part of the boat where the resp. flap is located, reducing the pressure on the hull in that area, it opens up valves that take in water from the sides. When the waves push the boat deeper and exert more pressure on that part of the hull, the side valves are closed and the water is pushed out through valves or jets aiming backwards, thus exerting a forward push, in addition to any force that may already drive the vessel forward, or -- in the absence of such forces, pushes the boat forward by the wave action only. Sorry, it won't work in the doldrums -- unless you make waves by jumping up and down in the boat, but that is again limited to vessels considerably smaller than aircraft carriers. What's wrong with my reasoning about this?
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