HYDROFOIL: World speed record set, Ray Vellinga video

[@rutiliocaballero9505]

I love the intense 90's montage guitar solo throught whole vid. Kept my heart pumpin.

[@skimbalshanks]

The helmets are necessary for breaking the sound barrier

[@erick2051]

You made me laugh so hard!

[@randallireland571]

Helmets actually do reduce aerodynamic drag.

[@MeyersCTR]

I was gonna ask why they were being worn. Still wondering though.

[@martinfisker7438]

@@MeyersCTR they are travelling at 20mph? If the front of the boat dips into the water, i can easily imagine them flying off and cracking their skulls on the fronts of their boats

[@garyjohnson4575]

Duck and Swan landings, bird strikes are a killer,...on the pond!!

[@ctwoscan]

Human powered over water at over 18 knots (20.71 mph). Excellent engineering.

[@onefastcyclist]

Cool - Thanks for posting!! A fine example of athleticism & Hi-tec boats with similar hull technology to the American cup racers without the millions of dollars required to make a winner, but just as much fun to watch!

[@JIANYM36]

I respect the 1 man boat . Where can we buy one of these hydrofoil bikes?

[@deldridg]

Back in the days when Eddie Van Halen played on every sports broadcast.

[@FL-gg4dq]

KZbin did me right this time. Fantastic

[@ben3989]

Fantastic video, music, complete package.

[@DAZAMAN87]

Guy Martin needed this video

[@Cloxxki]

Well he tried I guess.

[@adsabine1]

Impressive, wouldn't it be faster and more stable if they were pedaling from a recumbent seating position?

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

Yes they would, especially if they had a streamlined fairing like a recumbent bike.

[@williamlebowski5034]

2nd place: "Curses! Foiled again!"

[@jeffarcher400]

I've been dreaming about a pedal powered catamaran for years. Just to go fishing.

[@beyondthedeception3075]

i can imagine the bike rider in the front turning and saying "sorry i ate mexican food last night"

[@ch1ckenphat514]

I feel like I'm 11 years late to the party.

[@SEThatered]

Nope, there are ultralight recumbents, and they can't go uphill too. It's because of weight distribution: you can't effectively shift your weight forward like on a normal bicycle (i.e. by shifting your hips to the handlebars and leaning over the front) If you'll try to lean forward your back will no longer be pressed against the seat and you will not be able to push pedals... It's simple really.

[@SEThatered]

They lost also due to the less efficient hydrofoil concept. It is not that simple. To say for sure, they must have the same propellers, the same hydrofoils and the same floats and preferably the same test persons, only different seating position: then we can say for sure which position is superior. For now all i can say comes from bicycles: recumbents are not good for going up the slope, but are better at flatland, when compared to conventional seating position.

[@CombraStudios]

This is incredible, I want to build it and be the king of Lipno dam

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

i would czech it out

[@CombraStudios]

@@FirstLast-uz6eq well played sir

[@hookedonprjonrojas2314]

Why hadn't I seen this before?

[@discount11]

And exactly WHAT do they need helmets for?

[@PJR100]

You're trying to simplify this quite a bit.. But the body weight of a standard cyclist would act to turn the pedals if he lets it simply "fall" and push the pedal. The recumbent would have no such aid, and would rely entirely on the strength of the user to do the work to get up the hill. Cyclists do not simply use their weight to turn the pedals, but going up a hill it is certainly advantageous to have that weight in line with the forces going through the pedals.

[@fragmaka]

why lean forward? with a recumbent you are pressing against a backrest and can generate a force greater than your body weight like leg pressing. But I see your point about weight distribution

[@supjay3945]

They show the diagram of the winners build

[@ch1ckenphat514]

Also, I need this soundtrack!

[@Hallands.]

Helmets? 🤔

[@rickbrasche8781]

If one rider is almost faster than 2, methinks that single is has the best technology. is anyone doing this now, 18 years later?

[@Spoontraveler]

I wondered the same thing. If you find anything please post it here. I'm very interested in building something similar but with an electric aspect to it in order to give it that extra kick!

[@Maxkolk]

European shipbuilding students organize a Regatta every year, Just Google IWR (international waterbike Regatta)

[@Cloxxki]

Technology needs to be forgotten before it's reinvented.

[@billjoat]

With both up on foils, the tandem has twice the weight without twice the horsepower to weight. Plus the drag of the extra weight.

[@mm74.ds24]

why are they wearing helmets? just in case a car hits them?

[@tonioreyes]

The one man boat almost won. So i gues if the two man boat was designed the same as the one man boat (recumbent bike), they can go a lot faster.

[@383mazda]

Hey baby, did you know I hold a speed record? No, I'm being serious, 21mph if you can believe it 😎

[@joshfletcher9185]

I wonder what it would be like with carbon fibre

[@woshibigstomach]

I wonder if they call out land hazards

[@Godscountry2732]

a low recumbent seating position would of topped 25 -30 mph,

[@SEThatered]

Dude this is Japan they wear helmets everywhere except on bicycles XD

[@jhunt6506]

Damnit youtube

[@CactusJackSlade]

@adsabine1 That would be a cool design...

[@R2R152]

Helmets are for " breaking " wind

[@j.moggridge]

holy fucking shit

[@stevereece4563]

who needs a bike ride when you can do this they must have been looking at what the moths doing

[@YurkerYT]

They are wearing helmets

[@pavelavietor1]

hello, they need helmets so their head can float

[@adsabine1]

@johnnychunders , You have a good point,lol

[@treddlecat2]

A great achievement but irrelevant to ordinary folk who all can enjoy the easy ride on a treddlecat

[@mrpicky1868]

dude level the audio facepalm

[@BiZKaIa90]

uno de estos nos tenemos k montar lekim11

[@secretfreq23]

SATRIANI IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fragmaka]

thats because a recumbant weighs more than a standard bike, nothing to do with seating poition

[@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810]

you know very little about " bents.....and no they do not weight any more that a standard bike.. there are super light bikes and super lite bents. Read up, inform yourself, you're making yourself look foolish.

[@SnowingNapalm]

hey see if you can list 18 and a half knots without wearing a helmet... I'll start you off ; bowline ,overhand ,noose,... well 3knots and don't forget a half hitch ;)

[@stevewillingham572]

YEP WE HAD A TIME WITH THAT BABY I REMEMBER FISHING AT GAYLENS AND CHASING THAT MILK JUG WITH THAT BIG BAS RUNNING FROM US 🤪

[@greggschuder7478]

Save your money and lose the music.

[@wenethmoon6587]

And I thought cyclists couldn’t get any worse

[@JumpDaFuuckUp]

Water can be as hard as concrete

[@JIANYM36]

Music is horrible...

[@daleolson3506]

The music junked another video 👎👎👎👎💩