Paul Adams
Has anyone made a sail board with a hydrofoil ? Love to see that.
Meijer
These guys will even put a hydrofoil on a moth - http://marine.bdg.com.au/index.html
someguy
Isn't the Moth way ahead of the game here? "the Flying Phantom is the first product to bring the levitation experience to the commercial market" seems to be not true here... no?
Lloyd Southam-Sebire
"The Flying Phantom is the first product to bring the levitation experience to the commercial market." I guess you are forgetting about the foiling Moth and the RS600ff?
Ed
That looks like too much work..
telocity
Go to wikipedia or youtube and search for "Hobie Trifoiler". It was a commercial boat, it went super fast, you were suspended above the water between the hulls and it was also expensive. Only the Flying Phantom is larger and hopefully can handle larger waves/chop.
So I don't see how "the Flying Phantom is the first product to bring the levitation experience to the commercial market" is a accurate statement.
Jack Sprat
Foils have been tried on most everything. For stability at these kinds of speeds, beam is desirable, which is why cats but not boards are good. Surely there are more than two foils; at least three are needed to maintain "takeoff".
Hugh Rose
Sad
Did no one else follow last years America's cup? Now there were some serious hydrofoils Check it out to see what happens when a big cat cartwheels.
zevulon
throw in some gyroscopic balancing devices , a motorized mast, and a whole bunch of algorithmics ( maybe a wingsail ), some solar panelling ot power the electronics, and finally the cavitation resistant foils engineering for the vestas sail rocket http://www.sailrocket.com/node/288
and you eventually are going to get a remote unmanned sailing drone that can travel routinely across oceans at 60 knots----
the navy is probably already spending money on something of this sort, small as the flying phantom---small enough to be deployed from larger boats.
Max Houston
The wind rider rave was a foiler that was available up until recently, so it is not the 1st, but it is very interesting, but over priced in my opinion