Looks more like its planing on the rear tip of that front section than hydrofoiling, it also looks unstable in roll, I'd like to see it in rough...
Star Trek foils you ask ? 4mm Al flat foils. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6NQz9JKWlA&feature=youtu.be
Theres always the superhyperphobic treatment from www.neverwet.com read the blurb and it souds like the perfect treatment for drag reduction....
Thanks for the various ideas Petros, The basic PVC fabric is OK for now on the test craft but I will have to look into other options down the...
The foam idea is just a conceptual example of how a flexible hull, even a slightly flexible one would react. Ive been making small 4 foot...
As a similar concept, Imagine covering the whole of a solid hull of a powerboat in a 1/2 in thick soft closed cell rubber gym mat... I believe...
Thanks PAR, thats what I was talking about, but couldnt articulate. I have read Lords book and my idea came from his theories. Your xplanation...
Please excuse my inelegant English, I was thinking of having a solid deck with a flexible hull. Generalising the height of ripples the inflated...
Whats your opinion of using a flexible, possibly inflated bow section to soften the impact and reduce form drag for planing craft. im thinking...
