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Graham and Jo
 Post subject: Water bird
PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:01 am 
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Do you reckon we could use one of these on the canals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzSDKOYzvio Cheers Graham
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 Post subject: Re: Water bird
PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:10 am 
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Great, but I wouldn't fancy going through the locks on one.

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 Post subject: Re: Water bird
PostPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:22 am 
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Fantastic. As a water sports enthusiast i think thay are a great bit of kit. Fun, mobility and exercise.

Joan has just said NO :(

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 Post subject: Re: Water bird
PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 10:21 am 
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Fantastic thing, can't see how it floats.
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 Post subject: Re: Water bird
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:39 am 
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lauriebooth wrote:
Fantastic thing, can't see how it floats.
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It dosn' float. It's like an aircraft, without motion it can't get of the ground.
The hydrofoils are shaped like aircraft wings, only in water, the downwards presure creates an equel upward presure
and the flexing causes the water to flow over the hydrofolis like the air over a planes wings giving further uplift. and forward movment.

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 Post subject: Re: Water bird
PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:21 pm 
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Pete Russell wrote:
lauriebooth wrote:
Fantastic thing, can't see how it floats.
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It dosn' float. It's like an aircraft, without motion it can't get of the ground.
The hydrofoils are shaped like aircraft wings, only in water, the downwards presure creates an equel upward presure
and the flexing causes the water to flow over the hydrofolis like the air over a planes wings giving further uplift. and forward movment.

Brill
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:19 pm 
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The guy who owns the rights to sell the Aquaskipper in the UK claims to have tried it out forst time on a canal somewhere ...

http://www.aquaskipperuk.com/

I just think I'd look daft humping up and down on one of those just to stay afloat ...
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