Sailrocket vs. Hydroptère
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Uploaded by sciencedotTV on Oct 2, 2009
The Vestas Sailrocket begins its quest for the outright world speed sailing record, currently held by the French Hydroptère team. Their target is 51.36 knots (that's 94 kph) average speed over a 500 m stretch. The Sailrocket, brainchild of Vestas engineer Malcolm Barnsley, has an ingenious design that balances the aerodynamic force against the hydrodynamic force and eliminates the capsizing moment. If they can prove the concept, this could have major implications for wind-powered travel. To keep up to date with the record attempt visit http://www.sailrocket.com. And if you want to know exactly how the Sailrocket works, right down to the vector addition, then watch out for science.TV's super-geeky sequel.
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sailrocket has the ugliest name and it cannot handle really heavy winds, therefore the sailrocket is a joke and 'tis inferior to l'hydroptere
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Fast, but ugly as hell. I hope sailboats developments don't go that way.
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i want that helmut at 3:38... man i would go fast
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The big difference between sailrocket and hydroptere is that hydroptere is supposed to be able to cross an ocean . It's not just a speed machine.
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@sanfranciscobay Lool $250,000 ?? more $2,500,000
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Cool video. Fast and dangerous sport.
I'm estimating here, the Sail Rocket cost $25,000 and the Hydroptere cost $250,000. Two different forms of investment. One the average person can afford, the other beyond.
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two very different designs
two very passionate teams
and 1 very scary record
huge respect to both
if i get half that speed from my current project i will be happy
but then i guess i will just build somthing faster
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@dewalljp no, they don't
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all they need to do is put hydrofoils on that boat and it will beat the record
MsExtremesports 11 months ago 4
Go Larsen, you Mount Gay sodden crazy fool!!!
SailJuice 2 years ago 4