Can we include hydrodynamics? One of my current fascinations (as of 20180212) is the M-hulled M-80 pentamaran: Solution... Permalink #17
https://oceanandairtechnology.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/stiletto-experimental-ship-with-carbon-fiber-m-hull-design-tops-50-knots-60mph/
(I guess it is compressing air in it's passive ram-jets) ...and it's surface-piercing (anti-cavitation?) propellers:

[ ibid]
__________________
.
.Without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who all the idiots are. -- anonymous poster
____________________
.
.What the headline giveth, the last paragraph taketh away. -- Scott Ott
|