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MILESTONES TEXT SOFIA LUNDGREN PHOTO SOFIA SABEL,
SHUTTERSTOCK From drawing board TO OCEANBIRD Although the final launch is yet to come, there have been some major milestones in the development of Oceanbird. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest occasions, from early pencil drawings to the 3drendered Oceanbird of today. 2. MODEL BEHAVIOUR Some of the students in the course Naval Design at KTH made a sevenmeter model of Oceanbird. In May 2020, the students drove the model to Viggbyholm Boat Club, north of Stockholm. There they performed an inclination test to get the center of gravity and also tested the motoring part and the rudders. 1. EARLY SKETCH This sketch is from 2017, when the design started to fall into place. Early on, we started to work on achieving an aerodynamically efficient hull, in harmony with the wing rigs. Back then, there were only four of them, instead of today’s five. In those days of early conceptual design development, a lot of time and effort was spent on trying to sell this venture to our collegues and convince everyone that this was a worthwhile enterprise. 14 OUR WAY