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El efecto de la corriente de expulsión y de la presión lateral de las palas sobre una embarcación con hélice dextrógira, que se encuentre parada sin arrancada, con el timón a la vía y dando máquina atrás, será que:The effect of discharge current and blade side pressure on a boat with a right-handed propeller, stopped with no way, rudder amidships, going astern, is:
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Correct answer: b) The stern swings to port.
Why it is correct
Right-handed astern walks the stern to port. That effect helps berthing port side to.
Why the others are not
- a) The opposite.
- c) It swings.
- d) Not so.
How to work it out in the exam
- Right-handed astern: stern to port.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 2 · question 28 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 6 · question 29 Official paper · Official answer key
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