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Old November 14th 09, 07:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Franklin[_18_]
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Default Paddlewheels versus Propellers

Jeffrey Bloss wrote:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:17:14 -0500, Dudley Henriques wrote:

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:25 -0600, brian whatcott wrote:

a wrote:
...Now
here's an idea not worth patenting. If the paddles were
individually articulated so that they were always normal to the
direction of travel, there would be less wasted energy pushing down
on the water at entry and pushing up on it at exit.

I have seen examples of articulated paddles in illustrations...I
wish they would spank my ass, spanjk my ass, oh so hard.


Brian W


Troll.


Enter poor mentally deficient Dudley Henriques, boyz n grrrls,you have
to understand that in the mind of the retarded, kicking, screaming
incoherently, and leaking body fluids from every orifice with the
ability to expel them are all suitable substitutes for a "defence".



YAWN. You're losing your skills at making people angry.