How to "Fly" a Human Powered Hydrofoil - the "Aquaskipper"

Step 2 Hydrothopter Evolution, 1953 - the Present

Demographic analysis shows that you're an impoverished 15 year old dreaming of ganging up ten of these with a chinese dragon hiding your friends inside. I know you're itching to go grind foils out of skis with a beltsander right now, but first take a look at what's been done before.

The rest of this instructable covers patents and additional details of human-powered Hydrothopters in order of newest to oldest.

This picture shows Alexander Sahlin riding one of his prototypes in the 90's.