Christopher, I would hope than anyone here who decides to use your technique will, at the very least, give proper attribution to the inventor....
Christopher, I'm not a patent att'y, but do hold a couple of patents and have another pending. Whatever aspects of your technique you've...
Christopher, It's a sincere pleasure to meet you. I'm very impressed by your site and progress with the Rocat. Sorry for not asking you...
The process/tooling used by Rocat looks very interesting. I'm still very much in the learning process. You may want to consider contacting Rojac,...
We're looking at making our own purpose-built FRP hulls for our tailboat product (www.tailboats.com). We're looking at methods appropriate for...
My company has recently started selling a new type of human-powered boat that swims like a shark. It can be viewed at (www.tailboats.com) Our...
CD, Interesting. I'm still trying to visualize the hybrid hydrofoils to determine whether they would address concerns for weeds and submerged...
Tom, Thank you for the link to the previous thread. Some interesting reading there. Food for thought. Best regards, Tom
Hi Chris, Many thanks for the lead. I'm aware of MIT's Decavitator. Hydrofoils are hampered by a number of practicality issues...weeds,...
Hull design Hi captword, The majority of human-powered boats (hpb's) are displacement hulls. But there's also a few hydrofoils. I've not seen...
Clarification Tom, Yes, by "on step", I mean initiation of planing mode....not a physical step on the bottom of the hull, as I've seen on some...
Hi Folks, I've got what should be a simple question for you powerboat guru's. As a planing-type powerboat hull accelerates from standstill...