A propulsion sail having an aircraft wing profile, comprises a traditional flexible sail and at least one detachable thickness module capable of being assembled in a detachable manner on a face of the flexible sail, wherein each module comprises at least one flexible plate, comprising a leading edge and a leech edge, the plate being assembled by its leading edge along the luff of the flexible sail via first assembly means and being assembled by its leech edge via second assembly means, the propulsion sail comprising at least one pair of modules, the two modules of the pair being disposed substantially symmetrically on either side of the flexible sail.
Propulsion sail having an aircraft wing profile
2017-06-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63H Schiffsantrieb oder Steuerung der Schiffe , MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING |
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