Comments on: Turbo Wheel Liners to Speed Across Seas http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: aerohydro http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047448 aerohydro Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:35:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047448 This type is known as a roller-ship, and even though the example shown here leaves a lot to be desired, there's a certain logic as to why they're better than a conventional ship. In the late 19th Century, a French engineer called Ernest Bazin developed his own roller-ship design - an article about it can be found here: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/futuristics/maritime/mar_rollerboat.pdf This PDF comes from this really very entertaining website: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/futuristics/index.html Most of the site showcases oddball ideas from the mid-20th Century as to what transport in the future (ie now) would be like. Strange ships, supersonic aircraft, monorails, flying cars, etc, all feature. There's not a single bicycle to be seen! This type is known as a roller-ship, and even though the example shown here leaves a lot to be desired, there’s a certain logic as to why they’re better than a conventional ship. In the late 19th Century, a French engineer called Ernest Bazin developed his own roller-ship design - an article about it can be found here:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ne.....erboat.pdf

This PDF comes from this really very entertaining website:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ne.....index.html

Most of the site showcases oddball ideas from the mid-20th Century as to what transport in the future (ie now) would be like. Strange ships, supersonic aircraft, monorails, flying cars, etc, all feature. There’s not a single bicycle to be seen!

]]> By: Slim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047424 Slim Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:43:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047424 I don't take these cover articles too seriously. Modern Mechanix was in business to sell magazines. Notice that the inventor isn't named. He could have been a staff artist of Modern Mechanix. I think of them as a National Enquirer for the technically inclined. I don’t take these cover articles too seriously. Modern Mechanix was in business to sell magazines. Notice that the inventor isn’t named. He could have been a staff artist of Modern Mechanix. I think of them as a National Enquirer for the technically inclined.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047420 Myles Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:32:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047420 That is a really cool looking design. Leaving alone the propulsion system, I would question the 100 mph part. The picture shows the ship going over a 40ft. wave with no effect. Hitting a 40 ft wave at 100mph would tear this ship apart similar to hitting a brick wall. That is a really cool looking design. Leaving alone the propulsion system, I would question the 100 mph part. The picture shows the ship going over a 40ft. wave with no effect. Hitting a 40 ft wave at 100mph would tear this ship apart similar to hitting a brick wall.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047414 Stannous Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:57:58 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047414 There's a human right near the hub that gives an idea of the scale of this thing and it isn't that big. A 747 probably, and an Airbus A380 certainly, are larger and 6 times as fast. There’s a human right near the hub that gives an idea of the scale of this thing and it
isn’t that big. A 747 probably, and an Airbus A380 certainly, are larger and 6 times as fast.

]]> By: Roflcopter http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047398 Roflcopter Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:48:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/25/turbo-wheel-liners-to-speed-across-seas/#comment-1047398 It can not work... if for any reason the lubrication or ball bearing fail slightly the spin of the large wheels will lift up the rear of that ... thing... and it will tailflip... It can not work… if for any reason the lubrication or ball bearing fail slightly the spin of the large wheels will lift up the rear of that … thing… and it will tailflip…

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