There was a piece on 60 Minutes last year about some rich guy who built an
America's Cup contender using the same principles. His boat had dual hulls and
a sail(?) like the subject. It was so fast in testing that it was deemed
illegal before racing. I think the cost was in excess of $22M.
DW
--- On Thu, 4/2/09, bobbyhotrods@comcast.net <bobbyhotrods@comcast.net>
wrote:
From: bobbyhotrods@comcast.net <bobbyhotrods@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] New LSR
To: "Kirkwood" <saltfever@comcast.net>
Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12:34 PM
I noted the same. I think it would pitch-pole if it was so rigged.
No heeling to spill air either. BJ in Beantown, (traded the ocean for the
garage)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirkwood" <saltfever@comcast.net>
To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:14:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Land-speed] New LSR
It appears that the outrigger is on the UPWIND side. You can see this by the
upward bending in the strut, leaning of the vertical wing, and the dust
blowing down-wind. Why isn't it on the down-wind side? To offset blow-over
forces you have to add a lot of weight as wells as build in down-force (with
the corresponding DRAG) on the strut. If he was heading in the other
direction the strut could be built with less drag and ballast? Interesting!
-Elon
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