Episode 5: How I Sea It - Azipods
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azipods are propellers and basically they move us
we can get up to 22 knots or just over 25 miles per hour through the water
it would take four minutes 35 seconds and 1386 meters or just about a quarter of a mile for us to go from maximum speed of 22 knots down to zero
these things are huge and powerful and huge apparently size does matter
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What propels a 306 meter, 130,818 gross ton mega cruise ship through the water? On all ship's in the Celebrity Cruises' fleet, it's the azipods, a.k.a. an electrically driven propulsor with an AC motor incorporated in a streamlined azimuthing pod unit which directly drives a fixed pitch propeller. Throw in a little bit about thrusters and a husband cameo, and I promise THAT is as technical as this will get! Check out how we use them in normal operation and emergencies, who maintains them, and why they're cooler than a Tesla!