Interceptor a simpler, smaller and more 'compact' a transom lift device than a trim tab, yes. More effective..no. When comparing a properly...
Heard that..I took a rather large slug of saltwater in that plow-in..:( 'Passive Control' is largely an oxymoron..I would have to agree with...
Why thank you kind sir..LOL..I've been told I'm a legend in my own lunchtime - perhaps that is more accurate than I 'appreciated'...:)
Thanks for the apology Carl. No worries. Although I must confess that it was I who was actually trying to set a 'trap' so to speak. I suspected I...
Excuse me..but how did I get lumped in to this rebuke? I saw the recent post, in a subject I find quite interesting, and responded with a request...
OK..I actually had seen that site but it's been a while. The systems I've seen in service that deal with active control of pitch, roll and yaw...
Quite familiar with those..I probably should have been more specific in stating that I was curious about the 'yaw control' part of the solutions...
While it's true that there are now integrated stabilization systems available that control pitch, roll and yaw effectively, and several zero-speed...
I wouldn't be 100% sure of that any more. The Sea Fighter (X-craft) was jointly crewed by USCG and USN and quite a few of the USCG's testing...
...it appears that their props let them down. I would have thought that is one item that would have been left to more traditional materials such...
That is the USN PHM hydrofoil that you are referring to. Their Key West duty was their only real deployment after they were constructed,...
