T-Pain Is On A Boat: [Electric Boats] Re: Trolling motors ==> electric outboards

Saturday, June 1, 2013

[Electric Boats] Re: Trolling motors ==> electric outboards

Surely Thrust is a directional force and TORQUE is a rotational one ?

Steve

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, danbollinger <no_reply@...> wrote:
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> To a physicist, they are very different concepts. Thrust is a rotational unit of force. Power is a unit of work.
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> Energy / Time = Power
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, John Francis <surv69@> wrote:
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> > I don't understand how someone can say THRUST is not power, since the
> > THRUST that an engine, along with gearing and a propeller, is the wash that
> > is produced as yourr boat moves forward . . . and of course, what we're all
> > looking for is to move our boats forward.
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> > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:48 PM, John Riehl <riehlj2002@> wrote:
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> > > By contrast, I attempted to use a 36 lb thrust MinnKota on a 1,800 lb 22'
> > > MacGregor. It would move the boat, but couldn't push it against anything
> > > more than about 10 kts of wind.
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> > > *From:* Skip von Niederinghausen <farharbour@>
> > > *To:* electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:49 AM
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> > > *Subject:* [Electric Boats] Re: Trolling motors ==> electric outboards
> > > **
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> > > Maybe I should mention to the group that years ago, I used a Min Kota
> > > 24lb thrust trolling motor on my International Folkboat which was 26'
> > > LOA and displaced about 5000lbs. This was in Annapolis Maryland where
> > > there is little tide or currents. The motor was great for getting off the
> > > dock at my house, then under the Eastport Bridge and out into the bay. I
> > > used her for only overnight trips in the area and this system worked fine
> > > for this limited use.** **Skip**
> > > **-- **"The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath
> > > from the horror that lies above."** -- Paul Bowles<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7659.Paul_Bowles>
> > > ****
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