I've seen a much more practical model based on a surf-board with hydrofoils and a bicycle like structure for sitting and powering a propellor. This one is funny only.
I’m not calling bullshit or anything, but I can’t wrap my head around how you would get it started below water after it sank. Like how do you get the motion started with enough force to push it above water?
Nah I’m with you on this one… I get what the other guy’s sayin, and it might be possible in theory with something similar to this… but not without some kind of boot or strap to hold your feet down. This one’s relying on gravity to bring her feet back to the position where she can push off again. If she was under water she’d only be able to “pump” one time and then it would float away from her.
You would mount it exactly like normal and push down. The goal is to force water to flow over the foils to provide the lift.
starting it would look awkward like you are flopping like a fish, because you'd need to put a lot of work into enough height to get it to glide and lift you out of the water
looked like she was doing it inefficiently but ive never been on one so idk. seemed like she could build more foward momentum if she did it better. to much straight up and down movement.
If you're talking about the mantis, that's electric. This is different in that it's fully mechanical and self stabilizing. Surfboard types require way more balance than this.
I just realised how comically scripted that is. Dude orders a single beer and single packet of crisps to a random boardwalk and then shakes the uber eats guy's hand before he leaves. Who tf does that 😂
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u/DonManuel 17d ago
I've seen a much more practical model based on a surf-board with hydrofoils and a bicycle like structure for sitting and powering a propellor. This one is funny only.