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Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:19 pm
by Left Seater
Rooster wrote:I'm not a Navy guy, so I don't have any idea how stuff works on ships, but I was surprised to learn that there apparently is no direct mechanical linkage between the bridge and the engine/steerage compartments. Float-by-wire? Whodathunkit?
I heard someone talking about this as well. I can't believe there is no old wooden wheel with a direct linkage to the rudder.
Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:24 am
by smackaholic
It is done through servos as it has been for many, many years.
Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:50 pm
by Goober McTuber
Joe in PB wrote:The second ship in a couple of months T-boned without either ship manuvering to minimize damage, that's very suspicious indeed.
Sounds like an insurance scam.
Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:06 pm
by Moving Sale
Rooster wrote:I'm not a Navy guy, so I don't have any idea how stuff works on ships, but I was surprised to learn that there apparently is no direct mechanical linkage...
Same with my car. Shift it into N while in cruise control and the engine doesn't race. So what?
Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:22 pm
by Goober McTuber
Moving Sale wrote:Same with my car.
Re: The Three Stooges (have apparently joined the navy)
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:32 pm
by smackaholic
