I posted this to vortex-l, you might find it interesting;
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Knuke wrote;
> I was talking to a friend of mine who is a certified
> naturalist working in the marine eco-tourism industry, and he told me
> that he knew of some marine biology studies where certain marine
> species were tagged and tracked over the length of their migratory
> journey. He said that marine scientists were extremely puzzled by the
> speed at which these creatures could cover large distances. In fact,
> when computing their body mass, geometry...<snip>
Has anyone here heard of Schaubergers' 'Fish Motor'??
Walter Baumgartner has built several models and reports it to be orders
of magnitude (well, maybe not that high) faster in water than any
outboard or inboard motor known.
It was based on how fish swim and created a kind of negative pressure
that required very little energy for forward motion. Walter has now
moved to Australia but I've seen the model, though not working.
I'll see if I can pull out anymore information about it...there are some
excellent drawings...
Another thing, I can't recall the guys' name, but there was a scientist
who created these flying machines that hovered around his lab...he called
them 'AeroDynes'....the principle was basically in inverted teardrop,
where the pointed tip faced downward and the spherical end was at the
top.
A high velocity fan was mounted on the top so that air was blown down
over the hemisphere surface and was entrained through boundary layer drag
to follow the surface, so it came off the tip in a spiral. I used to
have a bad photocopy of this thing hovering behind the scientist....at
the time, I was truly astounded....and guess I still am....forgot about
that one....it sounds simple enough to test....
Well, guess this is a hint to pull out all that Schauberger
material...Walter made the most beautiful detailed drawings and I have a
few that might be worth posting on the KeelyNet site...
This is an excellent thread....thanks guys, you got me going, and jaded
as I am, that takes some doing...<g>..seeya!
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