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To Hydrofoil or not to Hydrofoil? #7

Closed mattnite closed 8 years ago

mattnite commented 8 years ago

So another thing we can add that makes design a bit more complex, but would give us an incredible performance boost would be hydrofoils. They lift the boat out of the water so that we can decrease drag and therefore increase our max speed. Here is a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjxnCVI67O0

mattnite commented 8 years ago

Hydrofoils would be a great feature, but it would be simple to switch between hydrofoil and regular keels and rudders. Due to this we will attempt to use hydrofoils, but it is not a high priority right now.