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🚢 Ship Manoeuvring Lab: Turning Circle, Zig-Zag, Rudder and Nomoto Model - 3D Blender Scene

3D ship manoeuvring lab: set length, speed, rudder gain, time constant and stability, then run a turning circle, zig-zag or steer by hand and compare with the IMO criteria.

Maritime & Naval Engineering3DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

Steer a container ship with the Nomoto-Norrbin yaw model: turning circle advance and tactical diameter, IMO zig-zag overshoot and the Dieudonne spiral loop of an unstable hull.

NomotoTurning circleZig-zagRudderManoeuvringBlender

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