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Step 7Wasserlaufer 1953
This was the first human powered hydrofoil. The name means "water strider", the waterbug that scampers on the surface of the water:
From http://www.human-powered-hydrofoils.com/history.html
:" This is the first human powered hydrofoil ever. It was invented and designed by the bavarian engineer Julius Schuck. In 1953 it was presented the first time in the german Tagesschau (News) and the inventor himself rode his hydrofoil on the river Isar in Munich. In the 1978 movie Gizmo by Howard Stern the Wasserlaufer has a small part. This movie was reporting about crazy inventions of past days.
The Wasserlaufer used Flapping Wing Propulsion far before anybody else even thought about this way of propulsion. Below is the link to the News Video of the Wasserlaufer. C© Bilder, Videos Dr.-Ing. Wolf-Dieter Schuck"
From http://www.human-powered-hydrofoils.com/history.html
:" This is the first human powered hydrofoil ever. It was invented and designed by the bavarian engineer Julius Schuck. In 1953 it was presented the first time in the german Tagesschau (News) and the inventor himself rode his hydrofoil on the river Isar in Munich. In the 1978 movie Gizmo by Howard Stern the Wasserlaufer has a small part. This movie was reporting about crazy inventions of past days.
The Wasserlaufer used Flapping Wing Propulsion far before anybody else even thought about this way of propulsion. Below is the link to the News Video of the Wasserlaufer. C© Bilder, Videos Dr.-Ing. Wolf-Dieter Schuck"
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Feb 10, 2007. 4:06 PMWonderWheeler
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I remember seeing an old newsreel film about something like this. I was gussing it was even earlier, maybe made in the 1930's and all wood, but mabe it was this one and I was mistaken.
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