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Correct. Tried it with a 6 hp motor yesterday and a single foil a=midships on each hull. Some fascinating results, although 10-11 knots is= not really fast enough to draw conclusions. At this speed, the foil does= not stall at very high angles of attack (bows over a metre out of the wate=r, stern about 150mm immersed, rob hanging on tight) and moving weight forw=ard to level the boat out brings it back to level but without enough power= to fly.
Outwards pointing foils / \ are inherently unstable, unlike \ / f=oils. It was still possible to get it flying on just the 2 foils, but the = added height caused the prop to ventilate.It was interesting how forgiving= everything was. Much slower movements required than for say a foiling kit= e board. I will put some movies up on the blog soon.
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Correct. Tried it with a 6 hp motor yesterday and a single foil a=midships on each hull. Some fascinating results, although 10-11 knots is= not really fast enough to draw conclusions. At this speed, the foil does= not stall at very high angles of attack (bows over a metre out of the wate=r, stern about 150mm immersed, rob hanging on tight) and moving weight forw=ard to level the boat out brings it back to level but without enough power= to fly.
Outwards pointing foils / \ are inherently unstable, unlike \ / f=oils. It was still possible to get it flying on just the 2 foils, but the = added height caused the prop to ventilate.It was interesting how forgiving= everything was. Much slower movements required than for say a foiling kit= e board. I will put some movies up on the blog soon.
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