Talk:Hydrofoil

message: I just took a hydrofoil ferry from Sicily through the Aolian islands to Stromboli. I'm not adding it myself as I have no idea what type it was, but a more enthusiastic person might find out and add it to the list of active use hydrofoils.
What has been holding back the hydrofoil from achieving widespread popularity? Kent Wang 02:31, 29 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I also came to this discussion page looking for an answer to this question. It would be really nice to see this dealt with on the main page not just the discussion page. I really know nothing more than what I can find on google about this topic myself. It would be great if one of those below such as Gunther Migeotte who answer this question with such expertise could but that info on the main page. I added a bit on adoption of the hydrofoil to the end of the top summary. It would be great if someone more expert than I would improve and expand this. There sure are a lot of amatuer hydrofoil videos on youtube. Cheers! Rusl (talk) 22:22, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Concerning technical complexity and high maintenance, Transmediterranea, the spanish operator, has been replacing its hydrofoils by catamaran fast ferries due to the high cost of maintenance (http://www.hosteltur.com/noticias/22467_transmediterranea-confirma-su-intencion-sustituir-servicio-jet-foil-otro-catamaran-cubrir-trayecto-morro-jablegran-canaria.html). The last hydrofoil line was supressed even earlir than planned after an accident in july 2005 (http://www.hosteltur.com/noticias/28857_trasmediterranea-adelanta-supresion-jet-foil-islas-canarias-debido-accidente-semana-pasada.html). However, Transmediterranea operated routes between Spain mainland and Morocco, and many inter-island routes in both the Balearic and Canary Islands. --Mcovas (talk) 08:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  And I said has been replacing instead of replaced because I think that there is an hydrofoil route between Mallorca and Menorca, but only in the summer season. I'll find out next summer.--Mcovas (talk) 08:43, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hydrofoil in the Aolian islands, Sicily 

message: "…but the program was cancelled due to a shift away from ASW by the Canadian Navy…"
The ASW link redirects to Aswan international airport, with no disambiguation page. Could somebody who knows what ASW means in this context please correct this (either create a page about ASW or remove the link and put the meaning in brackets). If the Canadian Navy really did shift away from Aswan International Airport, then the fuller link title would be better. 193.251.50.8 (talk) 12:36, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: ASW is Anti-Submarine Warfare. EasyTarget (talk) 15:46, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ASW? 

message: The picture at the start of the article dosen't really give you an idea of what a hydrofoil is. I think it should be chaged to one of these:
If nobody comments in a few days I will change it.
DPM 15:04, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture  

message: At Talk:Airfoil#Merger of Foil(fluid mechanics) into Airfoil there is a discussion on the merger of Foil (fluid mechanics) into Airfoil. Since it also may affect this article, I mention it here. -- Crowsnest (talk) 12:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger of Foil (fluid mechanics) into Airfoil 

message: This is a large hydrofoil ferry that goes (iirc!) between Maine and Nova Scotia. Imho, it's significant enough to include here.  She's has been to Boston, probably for publicity and good will, at least twice. Regards, 66.92.74.189 (talk) 07:09, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure it would be here, except that the CAT isn't a hydrofoil.. It's a high speed displacement Catamaran :-) (These things are very impressive! I used to regularly ride the Stena Discovery, a similar ferry that ran across the North Sea, any ferry where you can feel the acceleration gets my vote!) EasyTarget (talk) 15:44, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of The CAT 

message: what is a hydrofoil stabilizer ? mention in article
A hydrofoil stabilizer is a small hydrofoil (in relation to ship size)  that has the primary purpose of reducing  the roll and pitch motions of a ship in waves.  These hydrofoils or fins can be fixed but more often than not  have active flaps similar to aircraft wings. The flaps are linked to an electro-hydraulic control system which adjusts the flaps to create a force f that counters the motion of the ship caused by waves.  Such fins are usually fitted in the bow of the vessel where the worst motions are expereinced but can be fitted in the stern as well.   Stabilizing fins are generally only effective on high-speed craft. They are very popular on fast passenger ferries where sea-sickness of paying customers is an important consideration!  There are a number of specialized companies offering motion control systems for high-speed vessels.
--41.133.242.224 (talk) 16:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Hydrofoil stabilizer

message: I added following images:
thumb|right|150px
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:Diagrams are useful, technically accurate from what I can tell, and well scanned. But the Handwriting is a bit styalised and unclear. I think a photograph of an actual hydrofoil foilbourne on the water should be used at the head of the document since it is far more illustrative (as discussed previously here). The diagrams can be used in the following section. EasyTarget (talk) 08:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Typo fixed. Please note that long texts are not meant for SVG:s. The text is now placed in the description of the file, and can be moved to the caption in articles. --Beao 14:19, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: 1 typo remained: Hydrofiol --> needs to be Hydrofoil, in addition, there is no space between T and or (reads as Tor), and the image of the bent beam is best placed under the 2 types (bending is used by both types, not just with the latter). I would also change "stem" by beam or alternatively, pole.
KVDP (talk) 08:35, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Added images

message: These are not mentioned; see
http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/08/supercativating-submarines-and-possible.html
http://www.foils.org/drag_reduction.htm
91.182.214.182 (talk) 09:17, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Supercavitating hydrofoils

message: The last sentence of the first section ("Hydrodynamics of hydrofoil-equipped boats ("hydrofoils")") seems unfinished:
"Since wave resistance and other impeding forces such as various types of drag (physics) on the hull are eliminated as the hull is lifted clear, turbulence and drag act only on the much smaller surface area of the hydrofoil and there is a marked in"
This is my first attempt at editing a Wikipedia article, so I figured I would just post it here and let those who know more about this sort of thing fix it at their will.
TBennettcc (talk) 10:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last sentence of first section seems unfinished... 

message: In the Sailing and Sports section, there is the statement “The Rave is a commercially available 17-foot (5.2 m), two person, hydrofoil trimaran, capable of reaching speeds of 40 kn (74 km/h).”, followed shortly thereafter by the statement “Hobie Sailboats once produced a production foiling trimaran. It was and is the fastest production sailboat in history. It is called the Hobie Trifoiler. Trifoilers have clocked speeds upward of thirty knots.”. This sounds inconsistent; while the claimed speeds are vague, it reads as if the Rave is faster than the Trifoiler (and “commercially available” implies production-level), yet the Trifoiler is the fastest production sailboat! Hawk777 (talk) 20:14, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sailing hydrofoil speed record inconsistency? 

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message: Currently the article states that the hydrofoil service on the Tallinn-Helsinki route was replaced with catamarans, which could also carry vehicles. Did any of the catamarans on that route ever actually offer vehicle transportation? The only operator I am aware of, Linda Line, did not transport cars as of summer 2017 (though bicycles could be taken on board). --Michael-stanton (talk) 22:54, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vehicles on the Tallinn-Helsinki route? 

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