HYDROFOIL -- FOILBORNE, U.S. NAVY HYDROFOIL DEVELOPMENT, Ray Vellinga edited video
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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The Video: Unbelievably huge Navy ships on wings of steel fly faster and smoother. The history of hydrofoils is included. This is 10 minutes of serious hydrofoil flying.
I remember these being stationed in key west. It is sad that they got rid of them. I have seen these in action and were unforgettable, the whine of the turbine and the rooster tail, very wicked.
I was fortunate enough to take the last voyage on the USS Taurus before it was mothballed! Honored.
The boats in Key West were not represented in this ancient video. They were the Boeing Pegasus-class Patrol Hydrofoil Missileship (PHM) -- much faster than anything we saw here. This video included the Boeing built Tucumcari, which was a prototype/forerunner to the Pegasus.
Classe "Sparviero" P 420 marina militare ...... Un gioiello dimenticato ....veloce e molto CATTIVO.
@frequentfiler As far as I know the Plainview is still there, but as time goes by there's less and less of her. There's another one, I think it's the High Point, tied up at Tongue Point in Astoria. I saw her close up a few years ago and I think she had the foils removed. I think I heard some time ago someone had plans to restore her. We'll see.
A boat like the USS Tucumcari would have been an ideal craft for combating the piracy problem in the ocean off Somalia.
Dick107:
Yes I have seen your video and really like it. You are a creative guy, and you have made the world a better place.
Get a copy of my book "Hydrofoils, Design, Build, Fly" and you can realize your dream of flying.
Ray
Lots of fascinating details. I wonder how far the technology would have developed if it were embraced/applied properly.
Awesome video, thanks so much!
@tokyojrock671 I was lucky to spend time aboard the Plainview. Last I heard this historic ship was a wreck on the Columbia River. Sad...
@cochranexyz No, she's not a Pegasus class ship; she was the USS Plainview, AGEH-1, shown in good detail towards the end of the vid. My father, CPO Hagenson, served on her near the end of her life. I actually spent a night aboard. Is she still along the Columbia? I saw on a website that she was there as of '09. Thanks...
Love that music =)
Great video!!!
Had practically been answered by previous commend.
Your buddy is thinking of the Pegasus class
Ships of the future...how ironic. I also once believed that. You should check out my short movie "Hydrofoil - The Musical"
So you like Hydrofoils I see. Well do you also like Musicals. If so check out "Hydrofoil - The Musical".
It tells the journey of one mans quest to become foil-borne
Very nice !
Do you have clips from the Canadian HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400) ?
It's a very sexy hydrofoil, but sadly I can't find any videos where it is at sea :(.
Though who needs fast attack boats when normal Naval vessels can 'flirt' with, and exceed, 30 knots, and then there's always Surface to Surface missiles - they're always good for a try.
when the guy started talking i thought i was playing Fallout 3 again
the navy now has the Freedom class littoral combat ship.
I'm surprised the U.S navy doesn't have a fleet of these already nuclear powered, could have curbed the over spending they do now for fueling their fleet, and they could be on station a lot quicker anywhere on 70% of the earth.. I wouldn't doubt that the Russian hydrofoil ferries they use now where initially developed as troop and weapons carriers.
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