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nomel • yesterday at 7:45 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

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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IshKebab • yesterday at 11:00 PM

Isn't that basically how supercavitating torpedoes work?