This design takes the 'crazy diamond' elliptical-section oil-collection boom, (itself a development of the Model A flying wing), and reverses the height-width ratio, making its sections as much as pi times as wide as they are high

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Of the purposes this form could be applied to, that one most urgent may be aerating the BP Deepwater blowout & spill zone in the Gulf of Mexico ; a monster job .

To adapt this design so, its (inflexible) nose could be fitted with a harness incorporating :

tow-cable ; compressed-air line ; twelve steering cables, or DC power to actuator motors ; and, (for at-depth use), a telemetry line

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The skin of this wing could be made of a material similar to that of drip-watering / mist-watering hoses, releasing air instead of water, as a cloud of tiny bubbles .

In shallow waters, such as the still, salt-marshes exposed to slicks, (where the boat would be close, and angles fairly shallow),

steering could be done using cables, (not unlike bicycle brake cables), running in sheaths from the towing boat ; reducing the complexity of the device .

In deeper water, (where, besides, a larger swallowtail may be desired), control should be improved by sending signals to cable-actuator motors in the nose of the wing

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I imagine the swallowtail's shape supported by regularly spaced section-braces, (three schematics are shown above) ;

(they would also play a role in ballasting the wing : for an as much as possible neutral buoyancy and level pitch in the water) .

The braces would be bonded to a resilient, flexible, hollow shaft running down the center of the length of each side ; (shown as green circles) .

Compressed air would be free to pass between sections through the large, compound-shaped cutouts .

As shown : the ellipticity of sections is keyed to their leading-edges' position on x, which causes it to drop quickly .

The design can be modified to key the sections' ellipticity to their leading edges' sweep-distance from center ; which would cause it to drop more slowly, providing more surface area, and potentially delivering more air

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I imagine the steering cables running through the round ports at the ends of the spokes .

In an end-alone-anchored model, these cables would be fastened to the last brace ; (at the tips of the limbs, passing over rounded, low-friction inserts through their holes in the rest) .

Then, like tightening or loosening a guitar truss-rod, the steering cables would work together to bend the limbs, (from their tips), on three axes .

It is intended to provide 360 degree forward maneuverability when under way .

What can only be found out by testing is the extent to which the cloud (of bubbles) surrounding it will affect this

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The idea of aerating the Gulf of Mexico is large ; as was, once, farming the Plains .

One person or corporation can't do it alone, in part because the water doesn't stay local ; it gets picked up by the Great Ocean Conveyor, and is global .

But by making this, (or other methods), available to local fishermen, their crews and mechanics : one may tap a deep resource of experience, ability and the determination to use it .

It is known that crude oil, (and propylene glycol, an ingredient in two formulations of a dispersant which has been used), can fuel bacterial growth ; driving down the water's dissolved oxygen level .

Here is a way to elevate that level . It is incremental . But the ability to participate in one's own destiny is not

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Once the slicks and deep-sea plumes dissipate or are consumed, i hope it may be found that continuing to aerate the water of the Gulf boosts not only its yield ~ but those beyond, in the same manner the oil would travel .

If successful, the practice of fostering an oceanic food-chain on a broad scale could increase the bounty of our seas, and those of the world