Question? Why are boats made backwards?
08-23-2010, 07:18 AM
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Question? Why are boats made backwards?
After looking at fish, airplanes, birds, and other things that move through a fluid media ( air or water ), why are boats made backwards? Will they work if they where turned around? Should I build one turned around and find out? Whats up here?
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08-23-2010, 08:01 AM
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RE: Question? Why are boats made backwards?
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After looking at fish, airplanes, birds, and other things that move through a fluid media ( air or water ), why are boats made backwards? Will they work if they where turned around? Should I build one turned around and find out? Whats up here?
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After looking at fish, airplanes, birds, and other things that move through a fluid media ( air or water ), why are boats made backwards? Will they work if they where turned around? Should I build one turned around and find out? Whats up here?
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08-23-2010, 12:08 PM
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RE: Question? Why are boats made backwards?
Have a look at really fast fish. They do tend to have a very pointy front end.
Then again, as Blizard says, boats work in two fluids, one compressible, one not.
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RE: Question? Why are boats made backwards?
Sail boats more than any other type of craft are shaped like nature shapes sea creatures. Blunt and round in the front and tapering back as you move aft. Look at a whale or a shark you will see a shape similar to most modern sail boats.
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RE: Question? Why are boats made backwards?
There was a fairly wide ranging disscussion regarding this and other things here..
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1155891.
It is a long thread that continues to grow,mostly concerned with IOM but has the occasional wander
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1155891.
It is a long thread that continues to grow,mostly concerned with IOM but has the occasional wander
