On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:49:44 GMT, Rick
wrote:

Terry Spragg wrote:

Shure thing, dude. You do the engineering study calculation of
losses and gains, etc, where we show that programming the
flippers to recycle roll energy, saving fuel for propulsion is
financially beneficial, and write a letter to convince the
owners to pay me to rewrite the software controlling the fins,
and I will give you half of the proceeds. Is that shareware
enough for you? Saving even one percent of the fuel used on the
QEII is a lot of money.

What are you talking about?

"The power used in the anti roll stabilisers control
the scavanging of energy from the forward motion of
the ship to stabilise the hull."

What the F are you talking about?
////.

Rick

He's talking about bartering some roll momentum into forward momentum.
He may come on weird at times, but I think he may have a (small) point
on this one.

Brian W

Brian Whatcott wrote:

He's talking about bartering some roll momentum into forward momentum.
He may come on weird at times, but I think he may have a (small) point
on this one.

By "... programming the flippers to recycle roll energy,
saving fuel for propulsion ..."?

Think about that one for a moment.

Rick

Brian Whatcott wrote:
He's talking about bartering some roll momentum into forward momentum.
He may come on weird at times, but I think he may have a (small) point
on this one.


Rick wrote:
By "... programming the flippers to recycle roll energy,
saving fuel for propulsion ..."?

Think about that one for a moment.

OK......
It'd work. That's not to say it would be a net saving of energy, but the
anti-roll fins already do their thing at the cost of added drag.
"Programming" them to net forward thrust might not be possible except at low
speeds, and increased roll (although they would still dampen it), but it
would work.

Regards
Doug King

Brian Whatcott wrote:
He's talking about bartering some roll momentum into forward momentum.
He may come on weird at times, but I think he may have a (small) point
on this one.


Rick wrote:
By "... programming the flippers to recycle roll energy,
saving fuel for propulsion ..."?

Think about that one for a moment.

OK......
It'd work. That's not to say it would be a net saving of energy, but the
anti-roll fins already do their thing at the cost of added drag.
"Programming" them to net forward thrust might not be possible except at low
speeds, and increased roll (although they would still dampen it), but it
would work.

Regards
Doug King

Brian Whatcott wrote:

He's talking about bartering some roll momentum into forward momentum.
He may come on weird at times, but I think he may have a (small) point
on this one.

By "... programming the flippers to recycle roll energy,
saving fuel for propulsion ..."?

Think about that one for a moment.

Rick