Thanks for the explanation. The mechanism for allowing rake adjustment of the main foil is probably pretty complicated. Some sort of pivot...
Does anyone know the mechanism by which they maintained height when on foils? Unlike small sailing hydrofoil classes like the moth, which utilize...
Here is another electric hydrofoil being developed....
I agree with what you are saying. It does come down to marketing and coming up with a compelling reason to use a distinctly different technology....
I think reason hydrofoils are gaining popularity with sailboats but not powerboats has to do with speed and power. A sailboat has limited power...
I think that might be a polished stainless rub plate for the anchor....
I think the move is that you attract a wealthy customer and then talk them into building something feasible. As the previous poster mentioned,...
Water slides contain a relatively small volume of water. The significant volume of water and the associated weight is down low, at the pool at...
How many of them are located on the crows nest of the vessel?
Water doesn't weigh much but there is quite a lot of it in a swimming pool. A small pool, say 10' x 20' x 5' is 62,400 lbs of water. Putting...
I would be very surprised if those things existed for this design. It strikes me as a designer working up some 3D renderings with no engineering...
It wouldn't be the first ship to be built that capsized soon after. I'd love to see what happens with that upper deck pool if the vessel was in...
A stateroom? Maybe. A swimming pool? No. Maybe it has a 80 ft lead keel. I also like how there appears to be no way to have an elevator...
http://www.businessinsider.com/superyacht-designed-by-gabriele-teruzzi-2016-5?r=UK&IR=T I am guessing this designer is not familiar with the...
Well they probably need most of their 56 hp to get up on the foils. After that maybe they can throttle back to 12 hp to maintain a cruising speed...
They are saying nearly 3 hrs at 25 knots. As far as whether a recreational powerboat is a good use for expensive batteries... maybe not....
Those issues haven't stopped Tesla from being quite a success. And by success I mean a small start-up company gaining the market cap of GM. I...
They mention a 42 kW motor. That is only 56 hp. Making 40 knots with a 25 ft boat will be quite a feat. They don't provide a weight. I guess...
http://candelaspeedboat.com/ Revolution in boating or another half-baked idea? This outfit has the most well thought out approach to...
I think it has its own thread, but this thing is electric powered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooAAnZIgj8o A bit bigger and surely...
