I wanna see this thing breach ;-)

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sausage

QLD

4874 posts

sausage

QLD, 4874 posts

13 Jun 2022 2:43pm

Skipper: hey Guys, can you go aft and grab the ...........argh

mr love

VIC

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mr love

VIC, 2424 posts

13 Jun 2022 3:15pm

Cool....I imagine it has electronic height sensors and servo motors to change flap angles.

segler

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segler

WA, 1663 posts

13 Jun 2022 11:13pm

Boeing used to make a hydrofoil like the one in the video. It was the biggest application of welded aluminum I ever saw. I don't know if they are still in service.

When a hull like that breaches, it just comes down and keeps going. No biggie, but it does slow down.

Even the America's Cup boats breach.

Sandman1221

2776 posts

Sandman1221

2776 posts

13 Jun 2022 11:19pm

very cool, must be very energy efficient, would like to see regular monohull sail boats have a foil, would be so efficient. The Aussies or Kiwis had a winged keel in one Americas cup, which is a foil but it was not designed to lift hull out of water.

Paducah

2846 posts

Paducah

2846 posts

13 Jun 2022 11:37pm

mr love said..
Cool....I imagine it has electronic height sensors and servo motors to change flap angles.

You are correct, sir.

they have "some" experience in foiling

"Artemis Technologies is an applied technologies spin off from the successful Artemis Racing America's Cup team. "

regal1

NSW

454 posts

regal1

NSW, 454 posts

14 Jun 2022 7:51am

Let's see it in a decent sea state. Flat water is hardly a test.

BullroarerTook

316 posts

BullroarerTook

316 posts

14 Jun 2022 8:08am

segler said..
Boeing used to make a hydrofoil like the one in the video. It was the biggest application of welded aluminum I ever saw. I don't know if they are still in service.

When a hull like that breaches, it just comes down and keeps going. No biggie, but it does slow down.

Even the America's Cup boats breach.

At least one is! en.japantravel.com/niigata/jet-foil-boat-to-sado-island/2445
I took it a few years ago before lockdown. It said Boeing on the hull which surprised me at the time.

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