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"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... So, you don't know what it means either? it has no meaning in this context, though some semblence of meaning comes about at higher orders of magnitude of hull speeds, say at 10,000x to 100,000x, or 1,000,000x hull speed. snip There it is ... Jax in full flower; a thing of beauty, really. I had to read this passage several times to appreciate the awesome power of a full-on Jax statement. This may go down as one of the best to date. I am truly surprised that nobody else picked up on this. I am used to seeing nominal hull speeds of perhaps seven or ten knots. For some ships, maybe 30 knots. In JaxWorld, the designs (and discussions related to design) includes speeds of ten thousand to a million times "nominal" hull speed. Truth be told, I have *never* before contemplated what happens at "higher orders of magnitude of hull speeds!" Tell me Jax, when you are working with designs like this, what do you budget for propulsive power? Are there any special problems you encounter making the New York to London run in under a second? Does the sonic boom present any special design problems? Do you have any problem with the sea boiling away under your keel? For that matter, what material do you build your hulls out of? Considering that at a speed of 7 million knots, you may have some, um, special problems picking up radio waves, do you practice dead reckoning as you travel? Jax, I am *so* glad you're back. Mark Browne P.S. Decisions, decisions? Do you dig a deeper hole or admit you were spouting off by typing without thinking? |
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