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    Posted: 11 Oct 04 at 1:11pm

 

http://www.i14.ch/foils/album01

 
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wow!! that's awesome!!!!!!! how does it lift up? (sorry dumb blonde here!)
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roll on the complicated physics explinations:....
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Samq link mentioned in Fastest dinghy thread
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it uses hydrofoils they create lift when going fast through water and lift the boat up out of the water then reduce wetted surface area and a increase in speed!!!
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yup. good explanation hurri. leave all the complicated quantum physics multiplied by the bilateral chocolate frog....

the only thing i would add is it uses they same principle as an aeroplane wing to create lift. ie a curved surface makes the water go faster over one side or sumtin therefore creating lift and loads of potted petunias.
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same as a moth hydrofoil system, the rudder foil controls the boats angle of pitch and governs the lift
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looks good but i know the guys and they foiled just twice. the first time with the help of a motorboat and the second time nobody saw him during the europeans. 
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