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cannabineer

cannabineer

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
Looks like our boys in camo have a new toy to play with.
A buddy took these & said the thing sounded like a couple of top fuel cars idling as it was coming up the channel.

And Arneson Surface Piercing drives no less - that Mofo will haul ass with a full load of Bad Ass!

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Note the size of the props compared to the semi trailer tires!
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That thing looks like it'll run down a Cigarette full of cocaine and hot-rod parts ...
 
GreatwhiteNorth

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I don't know if any additional thrust would be helpful as these drives are designed to operate only partially submerged at speed and water flow disruption might be an issue.

If there was something that would work better in conjunction with these I think the Offshore Powerboat guys would have no doubt already incorporated it.

 
curious2garden

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I don't know if any additional thrust would be helpful as these drives are designed to operate only partially submerged at speed and water flow disruption might be an issue.

If there was something that would work better in conjunction with these I think the Offshore Powerboat guys would have no doubt already incorporated it.

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Jesus, how fast do you think that's moving? So I'm sitting here watching it and I'm thinking, it would take one helluva long tow rope to ski behind that. I obviously need to drink this cup of coffee so my brain will engage.
 
cannabineer

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I don't know if any additional thrust would be helpful as these drives are designed to operate only partially submerged at speed and water flow disruption might be an issue.

If there was something that would work better in conjunction with these I think the Offshore Powerboat guys would have no doubt already incorporated it.

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All I can think when I watch that vid is when I was eight and was allowed to operate Mama's electric hand mixer in a young batch of cake batter. I pulled the unit up without turning it off. I experienced all the power of the surface-piercing concept at that moment.
 
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cannabineer said:
"Kruzi Tierken" if I remember correctly.

I really screwed that pooch. Instead of having the beaters to lick clean, they centrifugally self-cleaned. Then I was handed a sponge and a towel in a successful bid to make me seriously consider if I wanted to do THAT again. No beaters, yes unscheduled chore.
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LOL in Soviet Austria beater licks YOU
 
curious2garden

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
If someone seriously considered that, they are more suicidal than @Karah 's pizza!
Boats of that caliber regularly run in the 80 - 120 mph range.
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Welcome to Southern California and the Santa Catalina Annual Ski Race

GreatwhiteNorth said:
I agree and have been somewhat skeptical of the new pattern but apparently there is quite a bit of thought & science put into it.
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If you'd like to read a bit more on the development & thought behind it:
http://www.hyperstealth.com/digital-design/index.htm
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Thanks for sharing that. We just keep moving forward eh? By the way I've always found physics to be counterintuitive.
 
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cannabineer

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BudmanTX said:
i thought darpa was working on something like that using reflective lighting???
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Back at the end of WWII there was Project Yehudi. They strung Christmas lights on the leading edges etc. of a bomber, and dialed in the luminosity to match the sky. It did a great job of hiding the aircraft from the people it was attacking.

https://www.wired.com/2008/05/invisible-drone/

I imagine that with fiber optics, LEDs and other technologies, active-illumination imaging camo is either here or here soon.

Then ships etc. can do what I watched a sole do in the Caribbean half a lifetime ago: the color change when it went from sand to rock traveled down its body to match the color boundary. At that point the Mk 1 Mod 0 eyeball is no longer up to the task of spotting what killed you.
 
BudmanTX

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cannabineer said:
Back at the end of WWII there was Project Yehudi. They strung Christmas lights on the leading edges etc. of a bomber, and dialed in the luminosity to match the sky. It did a great job of hiding the aircraft from the people it was attacking.

https://www.wired.com/2008/05/invisible-drone/

I imagine that with fiber optics, LEDs and other technologies, active-illumination imaging camo is either here or here soon.

Then ships etc. can do what I watched a sole do in the Caribbean half a lifetime ago: the color change when it went from sand to rock traveled down its body to match the color boundary. At that point the Mk 1 Mod 0 eyeball is no longer up to the task of spotting what killed you.
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found this:

 
BarnBuster

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Russians have this prototype stealth electrically-controllable camo material
http://tass.com/defense/1017840
http://www.defensereview.com/rostec-russian-military-stealth-camouflage-with-chameleon-helmet-adaptive-camo-camouflage-visual-cloaking-technology-to-be-demonstrated-for-soldier-suits-and-vehicles-soon-does-it-also-cloa/

and this the USA's ULCANS multispectral camouflage netting
http://www.defensereview.com/fibrotex-usa-multi-purpose-camouflage-net-flexible-reversible-and-versatile-multi-spectral-concealment-combat-camoulfage-system-wins-ultra-light-camouflage-netting-system-ulcans/
 
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