Principle of hydrofoils and history of US Navy hydrofoil program; craft design features; foil arrangements may be classified in two ways: whether lifting surface pierces water surface or is submerged at all times and by longitudinal distribution of foil area in canard, tandem, or airplane type; model testing; problems of future development in areas of hydromechanics, machinery and propulsion, structures, and autopilot control.


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    Title :

    Hydrofoils at crossroads


    Additional title:

    Aerospace Eng


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1961


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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    Hook, Christopher / Kermode, Alfred Cotterill | TIBKAT | 1967


    Hydrofoils

    Oakley, O.H. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1962


    Sailing hydrofoils

    The Amateur Yacht Research Society | TIBKAT | 1970


    Commercial Hydrofoils

    Hoerner, S. F. / Buermann, T. M. | SAE Technical Papers | 1963


    Commercial hydrofoils

    Buermann, T.M. / Hoerner, S.F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1963