You should see some of the things I get asked about. No matter how silly an idea may seem it can always provide some inspiration for the next development. Forums are a great source of ideas. A serious problem with professional training is how narrow minded it can be and stifling of development.
My take on boating has been expressed better than I could here:
"There is nothing--absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
- Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Ch. 1
My funniest experience on reflection was trying to mount that V8 submerged buoyancy boat on a wintry day in front of a high school physed class canoeing at the local lake. It took me an hour to get on it after getting dunked many times. Once I got it going I could gat the front stabiliser to rear up out of the water until I was on the verge of rolling backwards.
The theory on drag reduction was sound but my execution had too many problems to solve. I later found someone had many of the problems sorted:
The first few seconds of the clip show some of the issues. It eventually gets to the impressive part.
Rick
On 17/05/2011, at 12:38 PM, jhargrovewright2@juno.com wrote:
Rick Willoughby,
Thank you for your answers and comments but mostly.... for your incredible body of work. It is fun to see some of your crazy ideas work...well. You have tried the strange things that your brain and curiosity and your numbers said could work. You are a trailblazer with an open and curious mind. Each boat shows a progress of methods and materials. I can see and feel the joy you derived from these experiments or should I say...boats.If I continue this...it would really get mushy.JIB
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