HYDROFOIL -- The Amazing Boats of Kotaro Horiuchi. Video posted by Ray Vellinga
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2007
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I came for the hydrofoil. I stayed for the 80s television series music.
I used to drive commercial passenger hydrofoils, this is a great concept.
Please keep building!!!
The point with this design is to stop the waves you hit from making the craft bounce and it's like adding shock absorbers to a boat, because it makes the ride so much more comfortable. It also reduces the fuel needed as there is less surface area touching the water, which means less wasted energy and better fuel efficiency. A good design for a daily water commute to work, and fun too.
OH MY GOD THAT IS HILARIOUS! The 80's theme song, the "doo-doooo"s, the multiple takes of it racing by timed with the music...IT'S ALL SO CHEESY AND 80's AND LAME THAT I LOVE IT!
FINALLY! A boat video with music I love!!
"QUICK! TO THE HYDROFOIL!"
This video never gets old
Playing it over and over for the cool sound track!
Thanks Ray! This defies description.
Thanks Ray for sharing....
hydro foil is a great concept. With only a small foil in the water there is less resistance for greater speed and less fuel consumption.
ahh the good times we had, i remember driving that beauty.
I don't know what's more amazing, this boat or the music.
That's cool, cheers Greg
Genius. I love it!
those foils are amazing!
Tx for the advise.
This is amazing. No turbulence of wave impact. That spells a smooth uninhibited ride.
Advantages:
Less friction = more efficient.
Smoother ride from not slamming/bouncing on waves.
Several disadvantages... Look what it takes to launch it and try to imagine what you would do to to get it from the garage to the lake. This would be for true foil lover.
What a beautiful boat and great video.
*HEY!* The '80s called! They want their muzac back!
+ZZ Cat - ... but they can't have it, because it's so awesome?
steve1978ger That & we stole it. Hehehehehheheheheh
Jokin' aside, it reminds me of Miami Vice.
Awesome soundtrack!
Looks like a blast.
I know when I was like 11, our family went to Wiesbadden Germany, and we Rode up and down the Rhine River on a Hydrofoil. It was way bigger than this though, and held like 50 people. This was in like 1994 when I went and rode this.
Nice...This is for those who appreciate and respect the water..Nice vessel.
I love how this little boat can slice thru another boat wake w/o any dramatic effects. I wonder how much horsepower this boat has?
There are those 'things' you just have to have or try in life, a wingsuit, a miniature helicopter of plane, a gokart, one of those motorized skateboards you lay down on, stuff like that.
This is one of em...
Nice boat. The music and editing make me want to pierce my eardrums and gouge out my eyes.
This video embodies the 80's
Cool. Funky music too.
You got that right. I wish to go back there. Times of opportunities
Kool Design:
broken Jetski, Kayak, bits and pieces,
I could pull that off, Salute to you!
Nice design. 40 mph is impressive speed on the ocean. The height would give it a smooth ride too. No sea sickness, ftw.
I need one of these, NOW!!!
Bevis....I believe this is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
this is cool!
Cool, eco-friendly and more efficient!
Nothing like being out on the open water.....trapped in a space capsule.....ahhh the freedom....
realy fantastic
wonderful!!!!!
@dieseldog00 intake on the bottom of the foil?
you must be new to youtube.... 5 years ago this was the ONLY resolution
love the music
bad ass bass on the sound track!!!!
awesome music!
Just recently picked up a couple free Yamaha VXR 650 waverunners and boy do I have some plans. (they need a LOT of work though)
Super !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A true 90's badass... (complete with theme music)
NIce 80's video
You're a genius.
Great vintage porn music :D
can i ask what other alien tech is out there in ur opinion?
BEST MUSIC EVER!
@dieseldog00 I'm guessing the rear strut is actually hollow and is the intake duct for the jet. seems the only way it could do this.
very cool
How does the jet drive get water up to the housing? Might it come up the foils?
The 'Foil is awesome!!!
The music.....ahhhhh......I think it was named "Torturous Boredom."
That's cool
@JulioHooligan I believe it's on the back strut, there's an opening near the bottom you can see when it's out of the water.
the music is what make this more appealing...i want one..lol
I was thinking that as well.
Do you have any idea how smooth of a ride that would be and how fast it could go there would very little drag
80s music is awesome!
Nostalgia! ;D
@dieseldog00 trought the hollow pipes of the foils?
@dieseldog00 My guess would be the water intake is located at the front of the rear foil.
Why didn't this energy saving idea ever got popular?
looks like a 80´s commercial break for waterproofed suppositories :D
your english teacher called... she wants her apostrophes back
this thing is carving!!!
The pudding comes after he ditches the coast guard and gets to his cove hideout.
Ray Thank you its Amazing design, Can I have details to build one?
amazing move
NICE TURN ANGLE
BEST MUSIC EVER!!!!
You must have to balance it like a bike. Even if the boat itself doesn't make good sense it looks like fun and I enjoyed the video.
Yall keep those hovercraft hybrids commin,q makin a good one,eldridge air curtain ,kinky.
so glad im not the only one.
That thing looks squirrelly as fuck
ok, well how does the engine/prop touch the water to propel it? that inboard prop needs water just like a jet ski, but i dont see how it would get its water intake,
hard to understand how the jet works, inlet and with the outlet so high above the water. how much HP does this boat have ?
is that a wand on the front of the boat like on the hydrofoil moths that controls altitude in the water? And can he control roll too?
you are to genius for this world
i remember seeing this boat on an old tv show called , beyond 2000
Man the 90s was dope
mr kotaro that is one bad ass boat awsome
@smobyles driving on the small thingies under the boat means
Less resistance -> more speed and less fuel
Does any one know where or how is the water pick up for the water jet? I can't see any tubes or anything.
what pixel is the boat? just ruflly 1 or 2?
What do you do when you're sinking and can't open the canopy?
The quality of the video looks like a video tape camera, goes well with the music
That's.. awesome. o.o
Im a windsurfer, and one day at just 15 Knots I was catapulted by a simple cap floating invisible, UNDER the water, which grasped on the board fin . Boy, what an impact ! Some windsurf boards avoid algae thrust ( also a catapult danger) by employing a less angled fin . Who knows Mr Horiuchi can understand that and employ the HUE helicopters system to avoid grasping troubles ( and give us a royalty for this consultation ... ) ?,
Is there a lower jet, also... or just the one that shoots out like a fire hose???
Cool post!
hell yeaahh!!!
fantastic.
¿what speed can you reach?
¿what engine power?
i seem to recall that Feliz Wankel made a boat like this about thirty years ago, cross between a torpedo and a hydofoil...called the Z boat
Quite right. You've got a point. Either way a person would be in deep (pun unintended) trouble. Weather to get sliced by a fast underwater wing or bludgeoned by a fast moving hull. A far, far less important consideration would be the cost to the owner of the 'foil vs the standard speed boat.
You know what needs to be done now? There needs to be a TV crime drama or something with this boat as the hotshot cop's vehicle....Like Blue Thunder or Airwolf, but on water!
The song seems to be the one played right after the hero after killing the Godzilla. But I want one of this boat !
k i kept watching, this is actually pretty fucking sick, and its unblurred. thank christ.