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| Spider ship on San Francisco Bay |
| 2007-01-19 |
| I want one, everybody will want one! |
| Posted by:Penguin |
| #7 A correct exegesis of PROTEUS reveals him to be the Chief God/Lawgiver on THE PLANET OF THE APES. POTA Rules! |
| Posted by: borgboy 2007-01-19 16:51 |
| #6 Looks like windshield wipers on steroids... |
| Posted by: DanNY 2007-01-19 15:08 |
| #5 I guessing it's not very scalable at all. Stresses on the struts are proportional to size^4 (weight (LxLxL) x lenght of lever arm) while the ability to handle the stress is proportional to the cross sectional area of the level arm (size^2). |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-19 13:59 |
| #4 Scalability baby - imagine what the 5x version of this will look like! Makes one wonder how a flattop would work, a mini-carrier version. |
| Posted by: Grack Whaitle3696 2007-01-19 13:50 |
| #3 I don't get it. It seems like a lot of material and expense for very little usable volume. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-01-19 13:43 |
| #2 Proteus was a notorious shape-changer. Does this thing have a variable configuration? |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-19 13:06 |
| #1 "It wiggles like a whale." I wonder if it has unusual handling and how it handles rough seas. I also wonder if a person used to standard boats would need extra training in figuring out how this beast handles differently. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-01-19 12:55 |