The use of a bicycle power train in conjunction with a large air propeller also became the favored mode of power transfer in the record setting Decavitator hydrofoils. The photograph and diagram show ...

Once skin-friction drag had been reduced by using the hydrofoil configuration for high speeds ... but was found to make the vessel uncontrolable at high speed or in a cross-wind. In addition, the ...

At the forefront of this renaissance is Eric Laakmann, CEO of Vessev, a company developing the next generation of electrically powered hydrofoils. Lockman’s explained the dramatic shift in ...