I could write a novel about all the issues I have encounterd, seen and heard about regarding the 'glass cockpit' question. I was involved as far...
...and...in the case of the Seakeeper gyro, it is also actively 'tilted' in its support foundation, in response to roll angle and rate, to gain...
There certainly is..much more than just thought going on within the USN and ONR on exactly that configuration. A great deal has been spent on...
Having been involved in some of the background work on the earlier Mag rotors (not the current Quantum production hardware), I recalled that there...
Just a quick note on that: The Magnuss-Effect rotors are 'only' for low (< 6 knots..or thereabouts) and zero-speed control (something they...
The Allison 571s in the protoype craft were upgraded and only considered 'place holders' for the planned 601 that Rolls-Royce ultimately bent...
Actually..that is an interesting emerging technology and already showing up in smaller packages for cruising sailboats (witness the systems from...
I have not personally seen any of the active flume tanks in action, no. However, I have, in the course of some research on the technology with a...
I would have to agree with the Reverend on this one. I played around with some anti-rolling tank research and was also familiar with the Interring...
We have been involved in the design/build of a number of turbine yachts and military fast craft...The Norwegian MTB and the USN X-craft as two...
For what torque and HP are you needing it for? And what kind of separation distance between the centers of the output shafts? We custom-built...
A couple anecdotes from very recent examples that illustrate both sides of the 'relying on the gadgets', coin: 1. US Navy X-craft 50+ knot...
I'm not sure I completely follow your logic..in the sense that the exact same is true when fin stabilizers and other solutions are in place. Any...
Actually, there are quite a few planing and semi-planing yachts with trim tab stabilizer systems and they are very effective stabiliation systems...
:D I warned ya. Awesome perfromance machine though. Motions in high seas at design speed were practically non-existent. Very low power required...
Oh my..I'm not sure its what one would consider suitable for conversion to a 'pleasure craft'. LOL. We built it as a 1/4-scale model of a hybrid...
That sounds right. No apology necessary..;)
You can use my full name ..Bill McFann. I'm not hiding behind the screen name..it was just handy. (or maybe I was trying to sneak under Carl's...
Greetings Lorne!. If my memory serves me correctly, you and I met several years back when you paid a visit to 'our' foil-assisted trimaran vessel...
The last Onan 18 I rebuilt was a Kubota diesel..I believe that most of the Onans up to 'some' larger size have Kubota engiens. I have found little...
