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World Water Speed Record
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Lee Taylor's team originally tried to make Hustler, his jet hydroplane, work using only thrust deflectors with no planing shoe, fin, or rudder under the stern. The idea was the elevator (the horizontal deflector) would lift the stern while the rudder (the vertical deflector) would provide steering. The problem was with nothing under the stern to stabilize the boat when turned it would keep on turning unless there was another steering input to counteract the turn. Eventually, a skeg and water rudder were installed.
Ratickle
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Well, I guess the "Six Point" would be the correct ruling, kind of. But, I've also never heard a four point actually called a five point........
Almost every one of my rc record riggers were three point........
RaceConcepts
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It a four point, it rides on the two front sponsons and two propellers. The rear sponsons are a safety feature and also so it will float properly.
Lee Taylor's rocket boat, despite its flaws, was the last time anyone has attempted to apply fundamentally new technology to the record.
T2x
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yep......
Offshore Ginger
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Very cool !
Ratickle
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Is there any record of it ever running?
Apparently, it was run but the account I found doesn't provide any details. International Hydrofoil Society
"Brennan, Walter X., "The Newest Hydrofoil Boat," Yachting, Jan 1936, pp. 55 & 88. Contemporary news and background on the U.S. 3 hydrofoil racing boat (incl. 3 small B&W photos). Excerpts from the article: "The launching and first trials at Detroit of the new Evans hydrofoil boat aroused considerable interest in the subject... The hull, which was designed by P. L. Rhodes with F. W. (Casey) Baldwin as consultant, and built by John L. Hacker, is double planked and is extremely light... The weight of the entire hull is said not to exceed 850 pounds... A Packard Gold Cup motor is used, and aeronautical engineers who are working on the boat estimate a speed of over 150 miles per hour... Using the data they obtain in tests, they plan to build a larger boat with 50 percent more power if the plan appears practicable... More tests are to be made in Detroit waters until it becomes too cold, when the boat will be shipped to Florida for further experiments."
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