Greetings forum, As suggested by the moderator of this forum, I am writing this as an addition to my reply to a 19 year-old thread requesting...
Looking for boat designer who could design a new project 6.5-7.6m active foiling motorboat. We require experienced designer who has experience in...
Hi Everybody, I intend to design a cargo aircraft for take off and landing on water. There are classic shapes for the hulls and floats of such...
https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/industry-news/candela-raises-additional-14-million? [IMG] The article says they are going to use this as a...
This is what I need in a boat to be used for global travel: *ease of build - I will build the boat myself, learning as I go, and starting with...
I am designing an electric hydrofoil boat, and need help with a few key details. The hull of the boat will be roughly 13-15 feet long and 4 feet...
I am looking to build flattened V-shaped dagger-board lifting hydrofoils similar in design to the Nacra 17 Olympic foils for a Supercat 20 tall...
Hello, I am currently desiging a conversion of a motor boat (crescent 425) to a foiling one. I have read Ray Vellinga's book and a bit on this...
Looking for some of you more seasoned hydrofoil guys for a partial hydrofoil idea I've been thinking of. I have a imemsa 26ba panga from Mexico...
Hello everyone, I have built a waterbike with foils and have tested it on the water, but my 16(diameter)*10(pitch) inches aircraft propeller seems...
I am relatively new to this site but have noticed that this Propulsion Forum segment does not have a segment devoted to what may be considered non...
I'd like to introduce WingHopper.com to the BoatDesign community! WingHopper is a parametric wing design web app that allows anyone to create a...
This question has been nagging me for a while, and I can't seem to find an explanation for it. I'm an engineer that has had to deal with fluid...
Dear All, To add to a Maxi Racer 90 foot. L= 4.06 X V^2 X S X Cl or the Faugh.. calculation 1/2 length of boat to calculate. Basically AC 75 s...
I have seen that there are aluminum extrusions available which directly work as a hydrofoil for some uses. I am wondering what would happen if I...
Hello guys, I'm looking for help Next year we are going to have the southamerican windsurf championship in our country and the main event is...
Has anyone seen a foil using bell shaped lift distribution? I have been looking at Al Bowers' prandtl flying wing, for a downwind foiling...
Most foil boats look a lot like normal sailboats with a couple of distinct changes.. Instead, lets go back to the drawing board and design...
Hi everyone I am looking into wasting some money on modifying my boat. She is an 18ft Jeanneau Microsail (replica) it was built here in South...
Hello, I have started windfoil this year and really enjoy the practice. I look at better understand how windfoils work, and how different...
