Others pointed out on here that during that same practice day others had trouble with staying on and foil control.
I've also watched all 50 minutes of Justin's video. Have you watched it?
Didn’t say he solely did it to have 2 teams in the Semi’s. The ENTZ crew being on the water helping to keep the boat afloat shows sportsmanship was the primary driving force behind their effort but having 2 teams in the Semi’s had to have been a slight factor in having the ENTZ boat builders chip in. And why not? It’s good for business all around.
h34r: I have and to say that they have flight control issues is pretty basic. There are so many factors that go into these things flying that unless your riding the boat what do you know, nothing. She had issues. But she had the same issues days before the Christmas cup and the round robins. So did all the others. So what’s your explanation for the others having the same issues?
Nah. It’s happy times with him gone. Schools, shops and restaurants across the country are opening up now in celebration.
h34r: I might add that Dems and Republicans are getting along, left wing riots have stopped, Covid has been solved, the climate has been saved and dogs & cats are sleeping together.Nah. It’s happy times with him gone. Schools, shops and restaurants across the country are opening up now in celebration.
WetHog
This just in:
Yes, and I think you are being a little too critical. Some squirrelyness is a nature of the beast. You only have to very small points of contact and variable winds, these boats are in a constant state of flux unless the winds are strong and consistent.
Tapering the hull is allowing for quicker reduction of wetted surface when taking off
I've always assumed that it's an aero thing and coupled with the bow down way that she flies.
It takes more than a day to laminate a honeycomb sandwich panel- if you want to do it right!
They had to adjust the hull to accommodate the weight of the old fossils in the rear who do the driving and the pointing.
The skeg in the first 3/4 of the boat is to end plate the pressure differential between windward and leeward sides of the sailplan. The aft quarter of the boat (when flying) allows that pressure differential to normalize and probably helps to minimize the disturbance that comes off the back of the boat. Very aero solution from their friends in that industry. The other three boats have also focused on the central bustle to help with takeoff. To my eye NZ have the most developed hull shape (as close to a trimaran as you can get in a monohull, and the lowest/widest location of foil arm pivots to the rest of the boat). I think their foil solution with flattest foil dihedral and therefore longest section that goes perpendicular to that foil - which is very skinny, gives them the most mass furthest out from the boat when raised.
Interesting:
