Azipod.mp4

In the traditional azimuth propulsion system the motor is inside the ship's hull and the propeller is driven through shafts and gearboxes. In the Azipod system the electric motor is inside the pod, and the propeller is connected directly to the motor shaft. By not using a traditional propeller shaft, the propeller can be farther below the stern of the ship in a clear flow of water providing greater hydrodynamic and mechanical efficiency.

Electric power for the Azipod motor is conducted through slip rings that allow the Azipod to rotate through 360 degrees. Because fixed pitch propellers are used in Azipods, power for an Azipod system is always fed through a variable-frequency drive or cycloconverter that allows speed and direction control of the propulsion motors.

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[Trekker84]

@PlebScrubber

Yes, you´re absolute right. They are lying and do not know what they´re talking about... not.

[KidCalifornia717]

I think if humans can build these. Humans can stack rocks to build a pyramid. ....

[PlebScrubber]

azipod my ass

this is called thrust vectoring, and is a concept used in jet planes that require maximum manuverability, and a concept used in 3D Modelling and graphics, and physics concept already published, and a happy meal ffs

[PlebScrubber]

captain states that the forwards facing propellers give less vibration because its hitting the "laminated" water, or water that has not been disturbed yet

wont a massive ship "disturb" the water long before it reaches the forwards facing props at the rear of the ship?

the dramatic music only makes me more skeptical of their claims

[bobofthejungle64]

@unggrabb No, Concordia has a traditional prop/rudder arrangement, not pods.

[unggrabb]

Costa concordia had the same arrangement, however, nothing helps when the people in charge have no clue