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Enrico Forlanini Hydrofoil

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davem


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Registered: December 2002
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"The first hydrofoil was designed and built by Italian engineer Enrico Forlanini. It used a ladder system of foils and a 60 hp engine driving two counter-rotating air props. During testing in 1906, the craft reached a top speed of 42.5 mph."

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· Date: December-23-2002 · Views: 13978
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