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2. File:Steering wheel ship.svg - Wikipedia

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   This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Steering_wheel_ship_1.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL . 2010-06-14T15:58:58Z ZooFari 1154x1155 (166697 Bytes) Removed background

3. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...

4. Whipstaff - Wikipedia

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   A whipstaff is a steering device that was used on European sailing ships from the 14th to the 18th century. Its development preceded the invention of the more complex ship's wheel and followed the simple use of a tiller to control the steering of a ship underway. [1] In a typical arrangement, an iron gooseneck was fitted at the fore end of the ...

5. Titanic navigation bridge - Wikipedia

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   The navigation bridge of the Titanic. On the Titanic, the navigation bridge (or command bridge) was a superstructure where the ship's command was exercised.From this location, the officer on watch determined the ship's geographical position, gave all orders regarding navigation and speed, and received information about everything happening on board.

6. Bridge (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, sailing ships were commanded from the quarterdeck, aft of the mainmast, where the ship's wheel was located (as it was close to the rudder). A wheelhouse was a small enclosure around the ship's wheel on the quarterdeck of sailing ships. On modern ships the wheelhouse or pilothouse refers to the bridge of smaller motor vessels ...

7. The Skull and Bones Ship's Wheel Controller Could Change the ...

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   skull-and-bones-ships-wheel-controller. It has taken Ubisoft more than ten years to ship Skull and Bones, and the final game is doing very little to innovate on the idea of a pirate game.

8. Steering engine - Wikipedia

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   The first steering engine with feedback was installed on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Eastern in 1866. [2] Designed by Scottish engineer John McFarlane Gray and built by George Forrester and Company , this was a steam-powered mechanical amplifier used to drive the rudder position to match the wheel position.

9. GM-owned Cruise has lost interest in cars without steering ...

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   The other big change for GM, of course, is the October accident involving one of Cruise’s self-driving Chevy Bolts in San Francisco (in which a woman was dragged underneath the car), and the ...