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Why not tailfins and aerodynamic control surfaces for big offshore boats?

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07-06-2005, 12:22 PM

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Why not tailfins and aerodynamic control surfaces for big offshore boats?

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero...ir_seadart.htm

120 knots on the ocean in 1954.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avcmast.html#m2

http://www.answers.com/topic/f2y-sea-dart

http://www.taliaferro.net/waltermiddy/page3.html

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07-06-2005, 11:17 PM

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Some new raceboats are starting to incorporate advanced aerodynamics- no moveable control surfaces yet, but the trend is beginning...

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