Originally Posted by BigDadys93x

If you look top fuel hydros dont run wings anymore because of stability issues though the lower classes do (alcohol hydro and alchol flat). I designed a new cat hull (which i own the patent on) when I was going to engineering school which utilized a front canard wing in front between the 2 sponsons. This wing could be controlled by a lever or a foot pedal and would give the driver another control surface for the bow by either raising or lowering the nose when under power with out having to adjust trim angles as much . The big plus is it can be used to prevent blow over. If the boat starts to blow over simply pitch the front wing and drop the nose back onto the water. (sounds good but i havent been able to try it out yet) . Unlimited Hydros use front canards between the sponsons for the same reason but they are more suseptable to blow over because of a major power to wieght ratio diffence that can not be over come by aerodynamics.

Originally Posted by 42MTI

Bud select does have a canard on the front, as did his skaters. The rear wing is hyd. adjustable from the cockpit.
Did you happen to notice the direction of the tubines. This was a key factor in the design and what slowed the process down significately.
Callen is a cool boat, but he doesn't have a chance. Bud select is going to do some amazing things this yr. :D

Originally Posted by BigDadys93x

Bud select never had a front canard wing on thier Skaters the closest thing they had was a tunnel tab which in no way is anything like a canard wing. I havent seen the new turbine boat yet so I cant comment on that.

Originally Posted by BigDadys93x

If you look top fuel hydros dont run wings anymore because of stability issues though the lower classes do (alcohol hydro and alchol flat). I designed a new cat hull (which i own the patent on) when I was going to engineering school which utilized a front canard wing in front between the 2 sponsons. This wing could be controlled by a lever or a foot pedal and would give the driver another control surface for the bow by either raising or lowering the nose when under power with out having to adjust trim angles as much . The big plus is it can be used to prevent blow over. If the boat starts to blow over simply pitch the front wing and drop the nose back onto the water. (sounds good but i havent been able to try it out yet) . Unlimited Hydros use front canards between the sponsons for the same reason but they are more suseptable to blow over because of a major power to wieght ratio diffence that can not be over come by aerodynamics.

Originally Posted by BigDadys93x

Bud select never had a front canard wing on thier Skaters the closest thing they had was a tunnel tab which in no way is anything like a canard wing. I havent seen the new turbine boat yet so I cant comment on that.

Originally Posted by blume

Turbine power Bud. Piston power Derebery.