Interesting Boat Engineering Challenge 12 263 2018
To make a boat that has its own removable axle as a trailer.
The front might have a collapsible or fold up trailer coupler fixture.
A wire being ran from the car back to the axle.
The axle/wheel configuration being conformed to the contour of the hull.
The axle retrieved via a rope after boat is launched. The axle being placed in water and the boat road onto it. It latched in place.. to remove boat from water. And that step right there could be time consuming.
The latching configuration being foul proof so that wheeled axle doesn't end up flying into high speed traffic.
A. But what would the advantages be?
1. Reduced weight equals better gas mileage towing. Better gas mileage towing means less repairs needed. Less repairs means less industrial metal/ oil wastes.
2. The ability to use small lakes that don't have an official ramp and are classified as carry on lakes.
3. The ability to save boat ramp parking space and launch more boats.
4. A boat could be made much stronger and still be towed on smaller vehicles that don't have a large towing capacity.
5. Could make for more rapid deployment by fire safety crews! For example no need to wait for car and trailer to back out. Axle could be separated and boat takes off quick!
In such application as "5" a double axle could fold up and into the boat much like landing gear on an aircraft does!!!! And that would be fast. Such a system could be "spring" tensioned and retrieved with the application of a metered lever.
Just an idea. Something to think about. Translation learning from it might be beneficial in some way.
© 2018 Thomas Murphy
To make a boat that has its own removable axle as a trailer.
The front might have a collapsible or fold up trailer coupler fixture.
A wire being ran from the car back to the axle.
The axle/wheel configuration being conformed to the contour of the hull.
The axle retrieved via a rope after boat is launched. The axle being placed in water and the boat road onto it. It latched in place.. to remove boat from water. And that step right there could be time consuming.
The latching configuration being foul proof so that wheeled axle doesn't end up flying into high speed traffic.
A. But what would the advantages be?
1. Reduced weight equals better gas mileage towing. Better gas mileage towing means less repairs needed. Less repairs means less industrial metal/ oil wastes.
2. The ability to use small lakes that don't have an official ramp and are classified as carry on lakes.
3. The ability to save boat ramp parking space and launch more boats.
4. A boat could be made much stronger and still be towed on smaller vehicles that don't have a large towing capacity.
5. Could make for more rapid deployment by fire safety crews! For example no need to wait for car and trailer to back out. Axle could be separated and boat takes off quick!
In such application as "5" a double axle could fold up and into the boat much like landing gear on an aircraft does!!!! And that would be fast. Such a system could be "spring" tensioned and retrieved with the application of a metered lever.
Just an idea. Something to think about. Translation learning from it might be beneficial in some way.
© 2018 Thomas Murphy
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