To: Red Badger
These appear to work for boat propellers as well as smaller plastic ones being able to make drones fly quieter and more efficiently.
2 posted on
09/23/2024 1:19:10 PM PDT by
Two Kids' Dad
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To: Red Badger
3 posted on
09/23/2024 1:21:43 PM PDT by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: Red Badger
Why are they machining this out of a solid block of aluminum, instead of investing in foundary tooling so they can cast these ?
What aluminum alloy are they using? It doesn’t say, and matters a lot for marine durability.
4 posted on
09/23/2024 1:23:13 PM PDT by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: Red Badger
They wouldn’t work in the weed moss infested marsh and bayous of Louisiana. They’d clog up.
5 posted on
09/23/2024 1:24:35 PM PDT by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two wen't balloons. One was a cylindrical objecwhots Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
To: Red Badger
Reminds me of the ancient Sabu Disc.
7 posted on
09/23/2024 1:42:24 PM PDT by
Sawdring
To: Red Badger
9 posted on
09/23/2024 1:45:36 PM PDT by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: Red Badger
How does that work on Sailboat fuel?
She doesn’t go fast, but, can go a LONG way on a sail full of fuel.
To: Red Badger
I guess we call anything new and different “smart” now...
12 posted on
09/23/2024 2:26:26 PM PDT by
subterfuge
(I'm a pure-blood!)
To: Red Badger
Eventually, people will figure how to make these much more cheaply. I could image the price, in constant dollars, dropping by 10X in 20 years.
17 posted on
09/23/2024 3:44:44 PM PDT by
marktwain
(The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
To: Red Badger
I can still buy decent props for my Yamaha for under $100. It would take a lot of 30% savings to make up the difference.
Especially, after you chip one of these on the coral.
19 posted on
09/23/2024 4:49:52 PM PDT by
Fireone
("and dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." G. Washington 1783)
To: Red Badger
Definitely going to get one for our Ranger bass boat...
Worst part of being 90 is that I have to have one of the children or grandchildren hook up the boat for me...
Second worst is that my wife has an SS knee, arthritis in the other one, and bass fishing is no longer an option for her...
Over a period from 1970 to 2005, we fished many, many rivers, lakes, and impoundments across the southern part of the country between MD and CA...
20 posted on
09/23/2024 5:28:24 PM PDT by
SuperLuminal
( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
To: Red Badger
At about $5,000 a pop to start, they were an estimated 10 times mre than a typical propeller, a steep upfront investment that might be difficult to recoup even with a 30% efficiency boost. "A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into."
I can't see why these can't be made from hard vinyl for way way less.
21 posted on
09/23/2024 5:33:12 PM PDT by
MikelTackNailer
(If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
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