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Default Free 150 knot hydrofoil, only $1.25M

"Bart Senior" .@. wrote
Free 150 knot hydrofoil, only $1.25M.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-5...QQcmdZViewItem



Interesting vessel, interesting marketing scheme. I wonder if they can
actually build such a vessel of if their "engineering department"
consists of the computer geek/graphic artist who drew up the picture.

Imagine hitting a log with this thing.

Bart Senior wrote:
Who would run a turbine on gas?


Navy's been doing it for years.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/eng/lm2500.htm

They're not as fuel efficient at lower speeds as diesel or steam ships,
but they provide more power per pound than anything else available. The
super-fast speedboats have been using gas turbines for a while too.

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