Pleuger rudder
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pleuger-rudder-266-3725968
title:
Pleuger rudder
text:
The Pleuger rudder is a power assisted ship's rudder. It creates a flow of water in the direction the rudder points powered by an auxiliary electric motor. This aids maneuverability at low speeds greatly, since it operates on a similar principle to a thruster. A ducted propeller is mounted as an integral part of the rudder and is fixed to it. The duct is a Kort nozzle and enables the propeller to develop more thrust than an unducted propeller. The Pleuger rudder is necessarily mounted in the flo
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description:
Thruster assisted ship's rudder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuger_rudder
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date modified:
2021-09-27T01:29:53Z
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