A rotor ship is a type of ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion. The ship is propelled, at least in part, by large powered vertical rotors, sometimes known as rotor sails. German engineer Anton Flettner was the first to build a ship that attempted to tap this force for propulsion, and ships using his type of rotor are sometimes known as Flettner ships.
From the Wikipedia article linked below:
A rotor ship is a type of ship designed to use the Magnus effect for propulsion. The ship is propelled, at least in part, by large powered vertical rotors, sometimes known as rotor sails. German engineer Anton Flettner was the first to build a ship that attempted to tap this force for propulsion, and ships using his type of rotor are sometimes known as Flettner ships.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship
See also the Magnus effect.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect
So nice of Magnus to put aside his chess career to help the planet
Not to mention his career as a chaos demon
The guy created LazyTown too, so he’s good on my books
And he blinded us with science.
What an extremely cool thing to learn! And the gifs on the article are very helpful
Curve ball boat