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Lifting surface, or foil, that operates in water.
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Alexander Graham Bell
3 linksScottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics.
Frederick Walker Baldwin
3 linksFrederick Walker Baldwin (January 2, 1882 – August 7, 1948), also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, was a hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
HD-4
3 linksHD-4 or Hydrodome number 4 was an early research hydrofoil watercraft developed by the scientist Alexander Graham Bell.
Airfoil
3 linksCross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine.
Cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine.
Foils of similar function designed with water as the working fluid are called hydrofoils.
Beinn Bhreagh
3 linksName of the former estate of Alexander Graham Bell, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia.
Name of the former estate of Alexander Graham Bell, in Victoria County, Nova Scotia.
Bell constructed a laboratory and boatyard on this property, conducting experiments in powered flight and hydrofoil technology, among many other things.
Wing
2 linksType of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid.
Type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid.
Lifting structures used in water include various foils, such as hydrofoils.
Lift (force)
2 linksObject exerts a force on it.
Object exerts a force on it.
Lift is mostly associated with the wings of fixed-wing aircraft, although it is more widely generated by many other streamlined bodies such as propellers, kites, helicopter rotors, racing car wings, maritime sails, wind turbines, and by sailboat keels, ship's rudders, and hydrofoils in water.
Rostislav Alexeyev
2 linksRostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev (Ростисла́в Евге́ньевич Алексе́ев; December 18, 1916 – February 9, 1980) was a Russian Soviet Director & Chief of Design known for his pioneering work on hydrofoil ships and ground effect vehicles.
Fukuoka
3 linksSixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
JR Kyushu and a Korean company operate hydrofoil ferries (named Beetle and Kobee) between Hakata and Busan, South Korea.
Raketa (hydrofoil)
1 linksRaketa (Раке́та, Rocket) was the first type of hydrofoil boats commercially produced in the Soviet Union.