Not to be too pedantic but load factor is a ratio. The amount of power absorbed by the propeller is the load. Since boats don’t go up or down...
"... there will be a fuel figure given in lbs per hp/hr or grams per kwh." That figure, the brake specific fuel consumption or BSFC curve is...
"According MTU's website 16v2000's burn 13gph at 1200 rpm's, so what do you think they burn at 600 rpm's?" If it has a prop connnected to it,...
"... we have a 20KW Onan and a 27KW phasor and both of them will use .5 GPH loaded.." Those are some amazing generators. Half a (US) gallon per...
I couldn't key in my house door with a cast on! And I almost didn't post that since I have been bit on the butt so many times before making...
"Gasoline ranging from CDN$.95 to 1.09/litre so 4.27 to4.93 US$ per USGallon." I'm not the greatest mathematician but with the Canadian $ at...
"I think the interior is also like 80 percent complete." Was on it not too long ago, there is no interior, just a few frames and structural...
"If the document you have refers to complying to STCW you will be ok. There is a USCG Equivalent to STCW in way of a CFR and if your Cert complies...
"Few yachts have a 9 ton crane that can handle the Seamagine." The SEAmagine 2-man boat only weighs about 3.5 tons, no need for a 9 ton crane....
"Nice idea but the numbers just don't add up." They do "add up" they just aren't equal. The power recovered through regenerative braking is...
"Were you able to spy anything else ...?" Glad you asked. No. There was no indication of any shipping or receiving or materials handling...
"OK, I would have asked if they were air powered ..." The guy said the "engine" on display with the transmission is what powers one of the cars...
"What about those vehicles then..?" Just some shiny FRP Eurobox looking things, nothing particularly good or bad about them. Stylistically they...
Well, the subject is revisited anyway, the visit to the air car factory was kind of a blowout ... K1W1 and I got together for a visit to the...
"... mayor of a backwoods richie-rich town of 8,000 ..." Don't know about richie-rich but a couple of years ago a friend who lives there (a...
The prohibition may have more to do with the particulate filters (if) fitted to those vehicles and very little to do with the engine itself.
"Find an article that asserts the Arctic sea levels are rising from melt-ice. Then we can have a discussion." Just Google "sea level rise ice...
Uh, let's try that another way. Take all the cubes from an ice tray and put them in a bowl on the counter. Fill a another bowl to the rim...
"It probably won't be long before save the crew drops in the list too." You really don't want to get me started on that subject! Aside from the...
"Of course save the ship comes before save the cargo. I know you meant that but I figured I mention it before someone made a big deal over it."...
