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Looking at a picture of a large container ship there's more of a challenge siting rotors. Up high they would be in the way of cranes loading containers and mi
by jdeibele 6y ago
Looking at a picture of a large container ship there's more of a challenge siting rotors. Up high they would be in the way of cranes loading containers and might require really strong (and large) towers to hold the rotors. Built only as high as the containers, it doesn't seem like they would see any wind.
How would you envision them working on a container ship?
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- icegreentea2 6y agoI'll admit that I straight up don't know how the structural loading would be like - but I seems to be me that you might be able to get some sort of telescoping solution that works ok. Since you'd probably need to clear the containers anyways to get the most of the power out of the system, the lower portion of the sail doesn't need to be a rotor - just a mast for the rotor section to telescope over.
- cadence- 6y agoFrom some photos I saw, they install them very close to the edges on the sides of the ship.