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Discussion in 'Stabs, Tabs & Gyros' started by K1W1, Feb 13, 2013.

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  1. karo1776, Nov 21, 2014
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    Congratulations.... the results from the sea trials of the new Heesen Alive... Prove out the value of the hull vane system.
    Innomare you should post the results here... better than even predicted!
  2. K1W1, Nov 21, 2014
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    Those Horseshoe Rudders you refer to would most likely have been on the Levi Drive equipped Virgin Atlantic challenger.

    They make for very good handling at speed and seemed to me to do exactly what it said on the tin as it was only the very bottom of the blade in the water once on the plane and it effectively gave you four rudders and directed the massive jet of water produced by the surface piercing props.
  3. Old Phart, Nov 21, 2014
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  4. Capt Ralph, Nov 21, 2014
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    Yep, that is it. Not what I thought originally, then I found some old photos of her on the hill.

    Maybe I was remembering a bad dream; upside-down Tempest.
  5. K1W1, Nov 21, 2014
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  6. karo1776, Nov 21, 2014
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  7. Capt Ralph, Mar 26, 2016
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    For those that subscribe or read on line. PBb, Issue 160, has a nice rite up on installing a stern foil (vane) on a poor preforming boat. Results were great.
    It re-kindles my late thoughts for a bolt on kit on older boats.
  8. Capt Ralph, Oct 6, 2019
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    Hull Vane, Naiad jointly launch ‘Dynamic’ Hull Vane
    September 19, 2019
    Hull Vane BV of the Netherlands and Naiad Dynamics, the US maker of marine motion control systems, have jointly developed an “actively controlled” version of the static Hull Vane that the Dutch company launched in 2014.
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