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Voith Schneider Propeller(en.wikipedia.org)
31 points by Luc 4 days ago | 6 comments
javiramos an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The coolest recent development in marine propellers is toroidal propellers which are now commercially available and seem to perform significantly better than standard propellers: https://www.sharrowmarine.com/

LoganDark an hour ago | parent [-]

That website seems to no useful information; only marketing speak about how great it is... Do you know of a good source on how toroidal propellers work and the engineering behind them?

LysPJ 43 minutes ago | parent [-]

Here you are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroidal_propeller

mkreis an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

See a tug showing off here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6uNECa_X8Q Voith is the only company producing those, even though the patent has expired.

yccs27 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This reads a lot like an advertisement. The linked page [[Cyclorotor]] is more neutral and has more information on the design and applications outside of marine vessels:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclorotor

martinclayton an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26339421