Nomad Willy
Guru
For those that thought this thread was a bit of a mystery and for those still trying to expand their scope on it consider that there are numerous roads to understanding.
When I was in the Navy in electronics school basic electronics was taught using various analogies. For electron flow and resistance current flow was presented to be like water flowing in a pipe and resistance as the narrowing of the pipe or an adjustable valve in-line in the pipe. But the usual method was numerical through formulas and other numerical relationships and mechanics.
For the hull speed questions the same is true. I use numbers a lot for relationships that expand understand but me being a visual person like my mother that was an artist I lean toward visual concepts to relate to complex issues and even the world at large.
The speed/length ratio is expressed numerically and Fish53 relates well to numbers and thus his road to understanding is through numbers. The range of hull designs is identified with fractional limits that relate to wave lengths that a boat creates as she moves through or over the water.
So if you read something that makes you wonder what they’re talking about try another source that will give you a different perspective. The light may go on.
Hope this is heplful.
When I was in the Navy in electronics school basic electronics was taught using various analogies. For electron flow and resistance current flow was presented to be like water flowing in a pipe and resistance as the narrowing of the pipe or an adjustable valve in-line in the pipe. But the usual method was numerical through formulas and other numerical relationships and mechanics.
For the hull speed questions the same is true. I use numbers a lot for relationships that expand understand but me being a visual person like my mother that was an artist I lean toward visual concepts to relate to complex issues and even the world at large.
The speed/length ratio is expressed numerically and Fish53 relates well to numbers and thus his road to understanding is through numbers. The range of hull designs is identified with fractional limits that relate to wave lengths that a boat creates as she moves through or over the water.
So if you read something that makes you wonder what they’re talking about try another source that will give you a different perspective. The light may go on.
Hope this is heplful.