Comments on: Screw-Ship http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:28:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047639 Chris Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:41:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047639 Was it, or a model ever built?? Was it, or a model ever built??

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047496 Rick Auricchio Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:42:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047496 Wait a minute: "...steel outer jacket which rotates around the stationary inner chamber by means of a special gear and bearing arrangement" So what happens when that bearing fails? Round and round we goooooo.... Wait a minute:

“…steel outer jacket which rotates around the stationary inner chamber by means of a special gear and bearing arrangement”

So what happens when that bearing fails? Round and round we goooooo….

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047495 Rick Auricchio Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:40:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047495 Aha! Now we're talking! Forget that silly turbo-disc ship from the other day, this one's gonna work. For sure. Aha! Now we’re talking! Forget that silly turbo-disc ship from the other day, this one’s gonna work. For sure.

]]> By: Jerry http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047489 Jerry Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:07:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047489 The screw ship famously torpedoed Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1984. The screw ship famously torpedoed Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1984.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047465 Stannous Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:30:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047465 Hey sailor, wasn't "Screw-Ship" the original name for the Village People's "In the Navy"? Hey sailor, wasn’t “Screw-Ship” the original name for the Village People’s “In the Navy”?

]]> By: Roflcopter http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047458 Roflcopter Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:28:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047458 Depending hot you interprete the word "screw" this IS the Love Boat :-D Depending hot you interprete the word “screw” this IS the Love Boat :-D

]]> By: Githyanki http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/comment-page-1/#comment-1047456 Githyanki Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:04:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/02/26/screw-ship/#comment-1047456 This was rendered obsolete by the Love Boat. This was rendered obsolete by the Love Boat.

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