Existing Design Types

Version 2 (JC Durbin, 11/01/2013 05:24 am)

1 1 JC Durbin
h1. Existing Design Types
2 1 JC Durbin
3 1 JC Durbin
h3. Danforth/Fortress type
4 2 JC Durbin
5 1 JC Durbin
Doesn't reset when broken out, aluminum version depends on extrusions which are too capital intensive for our purpose. Jonjo thinks the fact that the shank tapers on all four sides is really neat.
6 1 JC Durbin
7 2 JC Durbin
h3. Bulwagga 
8 2 JC Durbin
9 1 JC Durbin
Great design but too many component pieces made from too many different materials. Suffers from lazy fluke syndrome.
10 1 JC Durbin
11 2 JC Durbin
h3. Buoyant Self-Righting/Hydrobubble 
12 2 JC Durbin
13 1 JC Durbin
Who knows, could be a great concept. 
14 1 JC Durbin
15 2 JC Durbin
h3. Mantus 
16 2 JC Durbin
17 1 JC Durbin
No one here could be bothered to experiment with their Mantus and report back so I guess we're skipping it.
18 1 JC Durbin
19 2 JC Durbin
h3. Spade type 
20 2 JC Durbin
21 1 JC Durbin
Great design that suffers from its own sophistication. Capital intensive due to formed parts. Simplifying construction seems to adversely affect performance.
22 1 JC Durbin
23 2 JC Durbin
h3. Engine Block 
24 2 JC Durbin
25 1 JC Durbin
We need to keep using these to burn up all the oil. Once we have accomplished that we can repurpose these as moorings.
26 1 JC Durbin
27 1 JC Durbin
h3. Lead Ball With Things Sticking Out
28 2 JC Durbin
 
29 1 JC Durbin
Decidedly low-tech, no shank to bend, also functions as wrecking ball when stored on bow roller.
30 1 JC Durbin
31 2 JC Durbin
h3. Convex Vs. Concave Fluke 
32 2 JC Durbin
33 1 JC Durbin
I think we will need to look more closely at this once we've started designing.