For more details on Anton Flettner's rotor ships, one good reference is the Google Books search engine. "flettner rotor ship" tossed in gives several good references under "limited preview".
Rotor ships got rid of all the rigging and labor issues that more traditional sailing ships had. You just spin up the rotors to take off.
Flettner wrote a classic book called "The Story of the Rotor" ("Mein Weg Zum Rotor") back in 1926. It has all the details and more on that project. Hard and expensive to get but often academic libraries have copies.
Flettner is also famous for his rudder design work for large ships. Basically using a rudder for the rudder. Like a trim tab on an airplane wing.
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Date: 2008-01-15 07:33 am (UTC)For more details on Anton Flettner's rotor ships, one good reference is the Google Books search engine. "flettner rotor ship" tossed in gives several good references under "limited preview".
Rotor ships got rid of all the rigging and labor issues that more traditional sailing ships had. You just spin up the rotors to take off.
Flettner wrote a classic book called "The Story of the Rotor" ("Mein Weg Zum Rotor") back in 1926. It has all the details and more on that project. Hard and expensive to get but often academic libraries have copies.
Flettner is also famous for his rudder design work for large ships. Basically using a rudder for the rudder. Like a trim tab on an airplane wing.