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Comment by nomel

4 hours ago

Cavitation limits hydrofoil top speeds to ~60 knots. Although, there's a neat profile that just ignores top surface lift entirely [1] (probably at the expense of drag?).

[1] https://www.metstrade.com/news/sustainability/record-hunters...

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nomel

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IshKebab  1 hour ago

Isn't that basically how supercavitating torpedoes work?

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