http://gastiresoil.blogsome.com/2006/11/28/measuring-auto-air-and-rolling-resistance-with-a-gps/ If you didn't build it, you don't own it. The making from scratch or customization of everything. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://gastiresoil.blogsome.com/2006/11/28/measuring-auto-air-and-rolling-resistance-with-a-gps/#comment-216 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:21:17 +0000 http://gastiresoil.blogsome.com/2006/11/28/measuring-auto-air-and-rolling-resistance-with-a-gps/#comment-216 very cool on the inertia issue we specialize on these ships in travelling at 2-4 mph and guessing the deceleration into the dock for minimal impact within tolerances. as we enter the confined box of the sault ste marie locks chamber the captain actually has to accelerate because he has to displace the water in the chamber past the hull and the limited clearance for water to pass out will stop the ship. so he has to increase throttle and speed up in order to slow down into the box, elsewise the ship will stop half in and half out with the engine going ahead at slow speed. check out my company at interlake steamship site, its an ohio company. i'm on paul r tregurtha ship 1000 feet long very cool on the inertia issue
we specialize on these ships in travelling at 2-4 mph and guessing the deceleration into the dock for minimal impact within tolerances. as we enter the confined box of the sault ste marie locks chamber the captain actually has to accelerate because he has to displace the water in the chamber past the hull and the limited clearance for water to pass out will stop the ship. so he has to increase throttle and speed up in order to slow down into the box, elsewise the ship will stop half in and half out with the engine going ahead at slow speed. check out my company at interlake steamship site, its an ohio company. i’m on paul r tregurtha ship 1000 feet long

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