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I've said for years that the cats need a front wing between the "toons" controlled by an "angle of attack" meter from aircraft tech.
This tech has been around for a long time. If the nose gets too high, the wing deploys to push it back down. In the old fighter jets in the early 80's they took readings like 60 times per second and made corrections pilots couldn't respond to quick enuff. |
Originally Posted by C_Spray
(Post 3598106)
The Lavin Guidelines, published many years ago contain some excellent concepts for improved cockpits. Too bad so few of the sanctioning bodies have bothered to read/enforce them.
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Originally Posted by 36Tango
(Post 3598675)
Does anybody have a link to these guidelines?
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Originally Posted by 36Tango
(Post 3598675)
Does anybody have a link to these guidelines?
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Originally Posted by Underdog88
(Post 3598174)
I've said for years that the cats need a front wing between the "toons" controlled by an "angle of attack" meter from aircraft tech.
This tech has been around for a long time. If the nose gets too high, the wing deploys to push it back down. In the old fighter jets in the early 80's they took readings like 60 times per second and made corrections pilots couldn't respond to quick enuff. |
The problem with blow overs and capsizing is the forces that are imparted on the structures that were not designed to be subjected to 10+ g hits such as decks and hatches. There are certainly ways to use the wing in ground effect that these boats use to help counteract the likelihood of a blow over or capsize.
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Originally Posted by Tres
(Post 3599268)
Plane s dont have all the weight in the back of it.
Look at CSprays boat. Maybe a passive set of wings would allow the boat to always run at a flatter attitude in relationship to the water. It could be that Ocke Mannerfelt may have something here, but I don't think that the design has been run hard on anything larger than a 28. Vector has the 40, but I don't know how hard it has been run. It seems that at speed, wings would at least keep the heavy stern from trying to pass the lighter front like in the BT accident, or it would keep the stern from landing so hard and cause the bow to submarine. |
Originally Posted by 36Tango
(Post 3599369)
Could an active computerized wing in the back designed to give "lift", in conjunction with a front wing be the answer? When the attitude gets too steep, maybe the back of the boat needs to actually come up to flatten the angle of attack.
Look at CSprays boat. Maybe a passive set of wings would allow the boat to always run at a flatter attitude in relationship to the water. It could be that Ocke Mannerfelt may have something here, but I don't think that the design has been run hard on anything larger than a 28. Vector has the 40, but I don't know how hard it has been run. It seems that at speed, wings would at least keep the heavy stern from trying to pass the lighter front like in the BT accident, or it would keep the stern from landing so hard and cause the bow to submarine. |
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