Hydrofoils pre 1945

[Raketyr]

"Die Deutschen Schnellboote 1914-1945", published by Koehler. Please see the captured image.

The book has already arrived, thanks for the tip. It perfectly complements Fock's second book - Marine Kleinkampfmittel.

I was secretly hoping that there would also be a sketch of the Schertel-Sachsenberg VS 13 rocket boat. I can't find it anywhere..

 

[Jemiba]

OT, of course, maybe we will have to split this into an own topic ...
(from Werner Hinsch and Klaus Sachsenberg "Tragflügelboote des Schertel-Sachsenberg-Systems")



"... Von dem Boot VS 13 (2029) liegt nur ein ebenfalls im Mai 1942 angefertigter Entwurfsgeneralplan vor. Äußerlich
fällt die große Ähnlichkeit des Bootskörpers mit der Bau-Nr. 1871 auf."
( Of the boat VS 13 (2029) only a general design plan is available, also made in May 1942 . Externally the great similarity of the hull with the Bau-No. 1871 is striking."

Propulsion was a "Luftstrahlantrieb" (air-jet-propulsion), a term used for turbo-jets, not for rockets.

 

[Raketyr]

OT, of course, maybe we will have to split this into an own topic ...
(from Werner Hinsch and Klaus Sachsenberg "Tragflügelboote des Schertel-Sachsenberg-Systems")

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"... Von dem Boot VS 13 (2029) liegt nur ein ebenfalls im Mai 1942 angefertigter Entwurfsgeneralplan vor. Äußerlich
fällt die große Ähnlichkeit des Bootskörpers mit der Bau-Nr. 1871 auf."
( Of the boat VS 13 (2029) only a general design plan is available, also made in May 1942 . Externally the great similarity of the hull with the Bau-No. 1871 is striking."

Propulsion was a "Luftstrahlantrieb" (air-jet-propulsion), a term used for turbo-jets, not for rockets.

Thank you very much for the drawing! I see VS 13 for the very first time.
I agree that this is already off topic here and I will be happy if a new topic is created, because I am very interested ;-)

 

[Raketyr]

Idroscivolante Rosicarelli
I hope you don't mind that it is not a German but an Italian boat. Does anyone know if there is a drawing from multiple views?

 

[Raketyr]

Felix Wankel - Katamaran Torpedoträger

 

[T. A. Gardner]

This article gives you a great selection of early ones to choose from:

Dark Roasted Blend: The History of Hydrofoils

Dark Roasted Blend

www.darkroastedblend.com

Then there's the WW 1 experimental quasi-hydrofoil / planning boat cum hovercraft the Versuchsgleitboot of 1915

The Austro-Hungarian Glider Boat - TheHistoryFiles.com

The KuK Versuchsgleitboot or “glider boat” was a mix between a WiG (Wing in Ground Effect) and hovercraft back in 1916. One of the earliest military examples of such vehicle was the very innovative Austro-Hungarian Versuchsgleitboot, an attempt to devise a “gliding boat”. It was not really a...

thehistoryfiles.com

 

[Arjen]

Then there's the WW 1 experimental quasi-hydrofoil / planning boat cum hovercraft the Versuchsgleitboot of 1915

As interesting as the Müller von Thomamühl craft was, it had nothing to do with hydrofoils. It was more akin to sidewall hovercraft and WIG-craft.

 

[iverson]

This article gives you a great selection of early ones to choose from:

Dark Roasted Blend: The History of Hydrofoils

Dark Roasted Blend

www.darkroastedblend.com

Then there's the WW 1 experimental quasi-hydrofoil / planning boat cum hovercraft the Versuchsgleitboot of 1915

The Versuchsgleitboot was a hydroplane/air-cushion vehicle. But I have seen no evidence of it being a hydrofoil. A hydrofoil is a wing-like surface that produces lift when immersed in water at speed. The Versuchsgleitboot seems to have had a wide, stepped planing hull, with the step aerated by engine-driven blowers.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The Versuchsgleitboot was a hydroplane/air-cushion vehicle. But I have seen no evidence of it being a hydrofoil. A hydrofoil is a wing-like surface that produces lift when immersed in water at speed. The Versuchsgleitboot seems to have had a wide, stepped planing hull, with the step aerated by engine-driven blowers.

It's more of a winglike surface planning on the surface of the water.