Kilo Record Eludes Fountain
09-10-2018 | 04:51 PM
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09-10-2018 | 07:01 PM
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Peeps in NC say that when Brian was dialing in the OL boat for the record attempt he hit a wall around 175 MPH. Nothing they tried on the bottom would free up the boat to go faster. The OL hull was just stuck to the water at that speed. Brain finally had the deck modified and doing that gave the OL more lift and the extra lift freed up the hull to get to 180+ and set the record.
The old Fountain Kilo boat that set the record back in 2004 was said to have too much bow lift. When making the new kilo boat they really cut down the profile hoping to make it more aerodynamic and take some of that excess lift out. I'm told that after doing that the new Fountain design ran into the same problem as Brian and OL - the bow had no lift and the boat was just glued to the water. Hopefully the modifications will help free it up.
The old Fountain Kilo boat that set the record back in 2004 was said to have too much bow lift. When making the new kilo boat they really cut down the profile hoping to make it more aerodynamic and take some of that excess lift out. I'm told that after doing that the new Fountain design ran into the same problem as Brian and OL - the bow had no lift and the boat was just glued to the water. Hopefully the modifications will help free it up.
09-10-2018 | 08:01 PM
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Peeps in NC say that when Brian was dialing in the OL boat for the record attempt he hit a wall around 175 MPH. Nothing they tried on the bottom would free up the boat to go faster. The OL hull was just stuck to the water at that speed. Brain finally had the deck modified and doing that gave the OL more lift and the extra lift freed up the hull to get to 180+ and set the record.
The old Fountain Kilo boat that set the record back in 2004 was said to have too much bow lift. When making the new kilo boat they really cut down the profile hoping to make it more aerodynamic and take some of that excess lift out. I'm told that after doing that the new Fountain design ran into the same problem as Brian and OL - the bow had no lift and the boat was just glued to the water. Hopefully the modifications will help free it up.
The old Fountain Kilo boat that set the record back in 2004 was said to have too much bow lift. When making the new kilo boat they really cut down the profile hoping to make it more aerodynamic and take some of that excess lift out. I'm told that after doing that the new Fountain design ran into the same problem as Brian and OL - the bow had no lift and the boat was just glued to the water. Hopefully the modifications will help free it up.
I'm sure they've applied lots of physics in their R & D, maybe this equation will be needed.....
09-10-2018 | 09:37 PM
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Cats at over 200+MPH?
Michael Phelps...
09-11-2018 | 12:43 AM
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The power to weight ratio of a drag boat, anything's possible, no matter how insane it is.
Cats....? Maybe they're cheating the the laws of aquadynamics by 'flying?
I suspect Michael Phelps is running huge props.
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