Super-fast kite-surfing
A new kite-board patent was published in August: a hyrofoil board.
A curved hydrofoil lifts the whole board out of the water, cuts friction dramatically and gaining massive amounts of speed.
Apparently.
A curved hydrofoil lifts the whole board out of the water, cuts friction dramatically and gaining massive amounts of speed.
Apparently.
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Goodhart
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Nov 22, 2007. 4:03 PMReplyWouldn't one have to be going at "break neck (literally) speeds"?
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Kiteman (author)
in reply to Nov 23, 2007. 9:51 AMReplySpeed is the point - you don't have to be going so fast for a hydrofoil to lift you (see those silly waterskipper things), but once you are lifted out of the water, you lose over 90% of your drag without losing any thrust, so that you get much more speed from the same effort.
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Goodhart
in reply to Nov 23, 2007. 11:58 AMReplyI see. I was just wondering how one overcame the drag until "above the water", without a decent motor pulling them.
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ewilhelm
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Nov 23, 2007. 11:33 AMReplyIt looks to me like this is more intended for waterskiing or being towed behind a boat. Hydrofoil boards have been around for while, but they are often really heavy, and so not very common.
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maninamousesuit
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Nov 22, 2007. 5:01 PMReply
hmm. It is clever but i can see any variation in board position could have you splatting into the sea..but i suppose thats what surfers like.
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