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screw question (no sex!!)
Posted by: William Engel ()
Date: August 07, 2002 09:13AM

Hi all,

When a ship has 2 screws, one turns left and the other turns right. When I look at the different forces on the screw-blades, every force that is not in the axial direction has a counterforce. This leafs only 1 force, being backwards so that the boat is moved forwards. (make any sense??).

Why will a boat with only 1 screw drift a little. When a boat has 2 screws, one turns left and the other turns right, why is this??

Thank you in advance.

William

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screw question (no sex!!) William Engel 08/07/2002 09:13AM
Re: screw question (no sex!!) ROBERT M. 08/07/2002 09:53AM
Re: screw question (no sex!!) William Engel 08/07/2002 12:31PM
Re: screw question (no sex!!) Leif... 08/07/2002 11:37AM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls Rainer Bruns 08/07/2002 04:16PM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls ROBERT M. 08/07/2002 09:30PM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls Rainer Bruns 08/08/2002 03:22PM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls Don Baker 08/12/2002 03:46PM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls ROBERT M. 08/12/2002 08:49PM
Re: Prop rotation on twin screw vsls Rainer Bruns 08/13/2002 01:03AM


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