One of the thrills of visiting the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck, Nova Scotia for me was finding out that Alexander Graham Bell and Frederick Walker Baldwin had created one of the first hydrofoil vehicles, the HD4, and used it to set a world speed record in 1919.
One practical application that came out of Alexander Graham Bell's research was a tetrahedral towing device used by the Navy for target practice. These were used for a number of years although they suffered from structural problems. See photograph below for an example pontoon and tetrahedral object. Although Frederick Walker Baldwin and Alexander Graham Bell's wife Mabel rode the hydrofoils, Alexander Graham Bell did not, according to t.
The museum explained Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with water striders because of their ability to move across the water. Water striders, Jesus bugs, skimmers, water skaters and water skeeters all belong to the insect family Gerridae.
One practical application that came out of Alexander Graham Bell's research was a tetrahedral towing device used by the Navy for target practice. These were used for a number of years although they suffered from structural problems. See photograph below for an example pontoon and tetrahedral object. Although Frederick Walker Baldwin and Alexander Graham Bell's wife Mabel rode the hydrofoils, Alexander Graham Bell did not, according to t.
The museum explained Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with water striders because of their ability to move across the water. Water striders, Jesus bugs, skimmers, water skaters and water skeeters all belong to the insect family Gerridae.
My first experience with a hydrofoil was at the Boeing Factory in Renton, WA where I worked as a decal maker. The factory sits on Lake Washington and Boeing had a dock they had used for delivery of supplies during World War II and put to use designing, building and testing their passenger Jetfoil. See here for more history about Boeing's hydrofoil work.
My only exciting tale about the hydrofoil, other than the engineer that used to scare me by walking by and grabbing my neck to give me a neck massage while I worked at the punch press was the day one of the diver's got trapped and they used the small hydrofoil to rescue him. It made factory life a lot more interesting.
The first hydrofoil was designed and built by Enrico Forlanini in1906 , according to the US Hydrofoil Association.
My only exciting tale about the hydrofoil, other than the engineer that used to scare me by walking by and grabbing my neck to give me a neck massage while I worked at the punch press was the day one of the diver's got trapped and they used the small hydrofoil to rescue him. It made factory life a lot more interesting.
The first hydrofoil was designed and built by Enrico Forlanini in1906 , according to the US Hydrofoil Association.
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