Since you are studying efficiency of paddle wheel out of curiosity i would like to know how to work out the efficiency percentage of paddle wheel. in many boat design forums they mention the efficiency in terms of percentage.. An efficient kayak is of no use if the paddle you use is inefficient, or if you use your otherwise efficient paddle in an inefficient manner. a good paddle can make the worst boat seem better and good technique will get the most advantage out of the worst paddle. the goal of the paddle is to push against the water so that the boat goes forward.. Part of a project to measure efficiency of paddle wheel propulsion. this was about as fast as we could get the paddle wheel to go without increasing the blade size..
Like you pointed out, keeping the paddle close to the side of the boat prevents the water on the face of the blade closest to the hull from sliding off so easily. this will result in a higher load on the part of the blade closest to the hull than on the part of the blade away from the hull.. "dry" run of the paddle canoe conceived, designed and built by my buddy ron.. An application of paddlewheel propulsion to a high speed craft david harte 1, 2neil bose , robert clifford 2, the paddle wheel has existed as a marine propulsor for in efficiency was a ratio measure of effective power over the installed power. with this in mind, it was felt that the.
