Walking Paddle Wheel

[jordyboy0129]

I would stick with my prop thanks slot more efficient and faster who gives a shit about the environment

[edktrsk]

Did anyone else actually read the entire description?

[jeffnicq]

I have come up with one even better how did you make this demo?

[pipmdirector]

good idea but it would be better as a walking machine. You'd find that it would be more efficient to put the paddles on a big wheel and have more than just two of them (greater surface area pushing against the water and stuff) and you already know what replaced the paddlewheel.

[Kote12TK]

This would be nice if use in a TOY, it looks amazing. In reality, too much linkage and lot to lubricate and maintain and most of all not efficient . Prop has less part, except if it is counter rotating.

[Idiotsmakemesad]

This isn't really evolution, its actually more of de-evolution. Or perhaps un-intelligent design. It has too much reciprocating mass to ever be an efficient design route.

The ultimate in quiet, disturbance, free marine propulsion is actually the superconductive electromagnetic drive. No props just incredibly powerful magnetic fields acting directly on the water. Practically turbulence free.

[surfcello]

Have you thought about how the center of gravity of the mechanism moves? I suspect that it would be some quite irregular motion, so you couldn't run it too fast because of vibration.

[sam6262626262]

The problem with this mechanical paddel machine @ any r.p.m. over 60 it would beat the CRAP OUT OF ITSELF!!!

[themanyone]

@sam6262626262 counterweights are not shown. We also have modern materials now. It is not necessary to build it out of water pipe and plywood (but that would be amusing, wouldn't it)

[efrazier0217]

Not efficient. It creates too much drag on the return. Unlike a paddlewheel that is always going forward and has boards to continue the momentum witout drag. This concept will only work if you are walking a boat. Most parts of the rivers are over 10 ft. deep making this impractical. Neat vidieo though.

[alpha434]

@sam6262626262

Actually... The trick would be to increase the stroke, increase the paddle size/shape and downgear so that the paddles would always operate in their efficient zone.

[kodibass]

I think the paddle foot would work better if it was hinged to allow folding on the forward stroke.

[ahultahuaskar]

This is what I think.

A propeller is more efficient and more quiet.

Electric driven vehicles are limited in range and their batteries require a long time to recharge. And batteries are heavy and expensive too. Solar panels are costly and not really effective, because a large solar panel surface is required.

To get across terrain as the airboat and hovercraft do, you will need a lot of power. Only a internal combustion or a jet engine will deliver that power.

Hope you will appreciate my comment.

[pornstuntman]

wow, interesting, its like a the Hobie Mirage drive , only not as efficient.

[ipagoom]

we had a hay baler made back in the sixties that had the same mechanism to compress the cut hay into bales before ejecting them out the back....

[highseascaptain]

Maybe it´s a trolling motor to fool the fish into thinking it´s a duck so as not to scare them. Everyone is so negative. At was a least informative. I liked it Thank You I would like to see the real thing though

[lms264t]

That concept was tried in England in the early days of steam powered boats and failed. You can't push the "Ducks Feet" fast enough to generate any speed.

[buster956033]

@lms264t That was in the time of steam powered boats, like you said. What if you hooked this thing up to something more modern.

[Tojizuka]

FAIL

[omega45red]

very creative, but how efficient is it?

[hares295]

YOur blender projects seem to, get to the idea :

If the wheel would not be invented what would we do, so we make the leg logic.

And in most of the films you asemble a mechanism that would act as a leg that will move the water rather than a wheel.

The problem is that if they would not invent the wheel you cannot have that round circle on the ship and that wheel that you used for the legs so, then we can cut this idea,, right?

[mitchelitis12]

why attack a geneous idea?

[hares295]

Because if this is a geneous idea and IF the wheel would not exist then, how can you explain the 5 round objects on the boat, i mean the steering wheel , that orange circle (i suppose its a life saving something) the cilinder and the two wheels that rotate and that move the two legs.

SO then again, this is a nice idea but its not efficient if we use it like this, i mean afterall we see wheels so we can't put the idea if the wheel would not be invented, and this does not seem too efficient.

[peepeevagi]

Reminds me of the gardner gun.

[dav1dh0ff]

cool idea. btw this video might take the record for longest description ever haha.

[themanyone]

The long description is quite a paradox, considering how much I hate writing essays! Maybe I would do better in college if I convinced myself I was writing video descriptions.

[a1scam]

double sweet: it's a walking machine also. Just give it front legs!

[themanyone]

Yes, yes it is, but it's not very efficient for walking because the weight is distributed onto the crank. I have another design that bears weight more efficiently. There is a reason this one does not bear weight well and it involves being attached with a safety latch, so it can optionally walk over swimmers without hurting them. A lot is left out for simplicity and of course more to come so stay tuned!

[solarboatman]

Like it a lot! I am already using paddlewheels to propel my solar-powered boat and I think your idea can work with a real-size vessel. I would make the paddles larger relative to the size of the hull.

[themanyone]

You boat looks great. Awesome work! Yes, this is more of a trolling rig here. If you want more speed, move the pontoons apart some and widen the blades.