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🚢 Flettner Rotor Ship 3D: Magnus Rotor Sails, Apparent Wind, Thrust Polar and Fuel Saving

Blender-built 3D cargo ship with up to six Flettner rotor sails: spinning-cylinder lift and drag, apparent-wind vector triangle, hull resistance and fuel saving at a held speed, with four numerical checks.

Fluid Dynamics & Aerodynamics3DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

Magnus effectFlettner rotorWind propulsionAerodynamicsFluid DynamicsThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install