Dont get me wrong, I love turbines. As an advocate of high performance and optimum power to weight, in my little world turbines can offer the...
90...Very nice Philippe:) 100...Three gas turbines ? Very, very nice Philippe:D Are comments welcome ? Assuming they are..... Hull...looks...
:D If hes allowed the bow at the stern and the stern at the bow, surely I'm allowed a three pointed monohull ?
Well, I thought about it, and although I'm still bemused about a craft that is designed to move in reverse, I can get my head around your kite /...
I'd say four....outboard ones fwd, inboard ones aft, I think the one far right is just visible but the angles awkward. Shame those props are...
:) My brain hurts
Are we talking the right way round here ? Bow aft, stern fwd etc ?. What you are describing is an egg shape in plan view. It would help us to help...
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Nice. Very nice indeed:) What modelling / rendering package were these done with ?
I would suggest a generalised tip clearance of 1/6th of prop diameter, for both a tunnel and non-tunnel application. Also, I'd use the same ratio...
Hi Geotek, As far as I know, the radar arch is bolted to the deck moulding. I'm sure there is access to these bolts behind the seat stbd side and...
Having synchronised my memory with documented fact, I can advise that the Kineo described above was in fact 40 feet, with FRP deck and twin 928...
There was a Porsche Kineo 50 built in England in the mid to late '80s. Aluminium hull and deck, hull design by Don Shead, deck design Dr. Strock,...
:) Sorry about the bike BTW, didnt have an old pic with a nautical theme to hand.
We are all mature sensible members of society right now, but what were you like when young and wet behind the ears ? A great source of merriment...
Yes, it is thankfully.
I'm sat here at home, with a mobile phone as a calculator, so apologies if my conversions are out... 100 Tonnes / m2 is around 9.7 atmospheres ?....
Yes, large windows are out. Open deck spaces bounded by bulwarks / superstructure walls would be a killer too. Cant make my mind up if its better...
:) No, not carried aboard a mother-ship...Taking your original question literaly, I thought an actual supersub would fit the bill. Avoidance...
This would theoretically survive, assuming there was some warning....
