Hydrofoils

[David]

Test Drive - Candela

10 Cars, 2 Boats, a Couple Motorcycles, and an Airplane from CES (autoweek.com)

The claim is that a hydrofoil is more efficient than a traditional boat. I think it could be true for an electric boat lugging all those batteries around. I doubt a hydrofoil is more efficient than my SS2000.

And not I don't think E boats make sense, at least for my use. But they are interesting.

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Turning a prop in water and pushing a boat takes huge amounts of battery power and drain. At present, it's not practical. There are people building small displacement cats that will run a while on batteries, if you like going 5 mph.

[Jim Speros]

A friend of mine operates one of the Candelas on Lake Austin. Its a pretty cool ride. Smooth and quiet.

[kelvin523]

The future is bright! Lot's of potential to leverage in ground effect, hydrofoil, thermodynamics, electromagnetism and software into an aggregate application. \jmo

[CUDA]

David I use to snowmobile with my fire department group up your way, 45 years ago

If you ever make it to south Florida give me a call.

[David]

I'd rather be outside in the cold then in a Canadian airport these days.