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Originally Posted by James S  Just an interesting note about unconventional propulsion thinking... a Popular Science article from 1933.....
A 180lb steam engine developing 150 HP in 1933.... the engine was said to be very quiet...spectators on the ground could hear the pilot say "Hello" as he flew past! |
Didn't those 180 lb steam engines need a 1,800 lb condenser; am I just repeating old prejudices ? Though it does make us rethink traditional practices.
Anyway: I should save up and try my own wild ideas on a SeaWind 24; better yet on a 5 meter beach cat. One would be a wave driven float on an 'A or Y' frame. The motion driving an air compressor and data logging.
The same experiments at full size on a 40 ~ 60 ft cruising boat would be much too costly: which would stifle most practical creativity before it would even get started. The sun is now shining here, so I don't expect many replies till October.
