Wonderful!
Thanks for the link. I relied to this once and lost it when I spell checked, so if there is a double post forgive me.
I had planned on using trade winds, but I worried that they were caused by land mass and currents. This is the sort of detail that sci-fi readers love, and...
Ahh the missing link?
The idea here is that the windmill will, with gearing, turn the propeller shaft. Some energy will be lost in the gearing, but I don't think very much.
Thanks!
I consider myself pretty good at finding stuff on the 'net. However, it's so much better when someone who knows something can recommend a site. When I began writing, I had no idea how many details like this would require research. It's the difference between knowing and knowing...
I'm planning on using the differential from a car or two to make it work... True confession, I know those things work, but I just take my car to a mechanic and say, "fix it." A fellow said I could use one to do this so I'm taking his word. He also suggested that I use the rear end of a car to...
I can do a 17' span
The problem is what to do with the windmill vanes when the ship is under sail? I had thought about collapsing them to a single vane and lashing that to the mast. That would take some pretty good engineering and manufacturing, so...
I'd never thought of using more...
I'm not sure I understand...
I know that someone build some large tankers or cargo ships a few years ago that had windmill assisted power. One's windmill looked like an old fashion kid's toy, the other like the windmills you see on wind farms. The idea on a ship is that the windmill rotates...
Great Idea...
I'm not sure why you said to skip the radiator fan idea in a later post. If nothing else it gives them a template to go from. I'm using plastic fan blades from air fans to generate trickle charges for UPS systems in the unit now, but I thought those would be too small. I'm...
Let me backtrack a little.
The current working title is "Cliquing on Time." Based on what the two editors who've recommended it for publication have told me, it will probably be changed should the publisher decide to buy it.
I read a few more of the answers on other threads, and I'm...
My first book has made it all the way to the publisher's desk, where I'm told it will sit until I have a second. The first was a bit of cliff-hanger. I'm working very hard on the second and hope to have it finished by the end of the summer. Actually, I hope to have it done in two weeks, but...