rotor ship

Some arguments could be answered unequivocally only by operating a rotor ship.

The experimental results that encouraged the financiers to support a rotor ship were truly spectacular.

Doubts concerning the dynamic stability of a rotor ship were eliminated with further trials.

As had been realised already in the model experiments, a rotor ship would not make full use of a wind blowing directly from astern.

Several types of rotor ships can be distinguished, similar to sailing ships.

A prototype rotor ship was tested on Discovery Project Earth.

Thus it is similar to the flettner rotor used in a rotor ship.

Rotor ship - ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion.

The Buckau's first series of trials at sea as a rotor ship was completed successfully in January 1925.

The development of the rotor aircraft was inspired by Flettner's rotor ship.

Fuel was considered expensive then, but the high capital outlay required for the construction of a rotor ship was far more disconcerting.

Anton Flettner develops the rotor ship using rotating cylinders instead of sails.

Later wind-tunnel experiments were performed to convert the 460 tonne schooner Buckau to a rotor ship.

We can also infer from the trends depicted in Figure 2 that gusts did not unduly affect the rotor ship's dynamic stability.

Most rotor ships have a system with an electric engine which allows the stopping or initial starting of the rotor by the sailor.

It affects spinning missiles, and there are some engineering uses (rotor ships and Flettner aeroplanes).

Windmill ships should not be confused with rotor ships, as they do not rely on the Magnus effect for propulsion.

The stout cylinders rose from the decks of Flettner's amazing rotor ships to about two-thirds the height of the masts on a sailing vessel.

Impressed with the Buckau's success, the German Admiralty commissioned the Weser Shipyards in Bremen to build a new, larger rotor ship on a proven full design.

Except for rotor ships using the Magnus effect, every sailing ship has a hull, rigging and at least one mast to hold up the sails that use the wind to power the ship.

As reported by the chief naval engineer of the Germania yards, the rotor ship handled beautifully and was able to tack a full 20 degrees closer to the wind than a commercial sailing ship.

The rotor ship, the Buckau, now renamed the "Baden-Baden," successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean on 9 May 1926, and docked in New York, where it attracted considerable attention.

The sprayers would use fleets of unmanned Rotor ships known as Flettner vessels to spray mist created from seawater into the air to thicken clouds and thus reflect more radiation from the Earth.

The rotors did not give the slightest cause for concern in even the stormiest weather, and the rotor ship could tack (sail into the wind) at 20-30 degrees, while the vessel with its original sail rig could not tack closer than 45 degrees to the wind.