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sbwhart:
Came across this thought you'd like to see.



Enjoy

Stew

bogstandard:
Very nice indeed Stew, good find.

Is there anyone here who now doubts the speed of steam?


Bogs

sbwhart:
What amazes me is the fact that the tether and the tether being pulled through the water must be taking a lot of the energy out of the system if you look you can see a whurl pool being created in the water. I just wonder what those beast could do running free.

Stew

GrahamC:
That is cool.

However, as the title at the beginning of the video states, it is a Hydroplane not a Hydrofoil.

rather than try and explain the difference,

here for hydrofoil:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrofoil

here for hydroplane: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroplane

If you want to see some other really neat vehicles, do a search on tether cars  or tethered cars - small IC powered cars also run round a track on a tether with the fastest classes exceeding 200mph.

Incidentally, the tethered boat in the video is not dragging it's tether through the water, it will held above the water by the pole around which it rotates and it's connection the boat. If it was dragging in the water it would tend to drag the boat into the center of the circle.

cheers, Graham in Ottawa

Stilldrillin:
Not steam, of course..... But this little thing shifts!   :bugeye:



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David D

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