A motorized hydrofoil apparatus may include a sailboard having a top surface and a bottom surface; a first hydrofoil assembly having a first hydrofoil and a first support unit; a second hydrofoil assembly having a second hydrofoil and a second support unit; and a propulsion system. The hydrofoil apparatus may also include one or more sensing units disposed on predetermined locations on the first support unit to operatively communicate to a plurality of actuating units on the first hydrofoil assembly and second hydrofoil assembly to automatically generate corrective responses to various destabilizing hydrodynamic effects to stabilize the hydrofoil apparatus.
Motorized hydrofoil device
2018-10-16
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |