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Why ships can be “left-handed” or “right-handed”

This video explains why ships are classified as left- or right-handed based on propeller rotation, and how that rotation creates a turning force known as propeller walk or transverse thrust. Through ...
Sharrow's extraordinary looped propellers were already some 30% more efficient than traditional designs – and now the company has put two of them together into a coaxial, contra-rotating prop that ...