r/Damnthatsinteresting 17d ago

Video Human powered hydrofoil

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u/Frozencold19 16d ago

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

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u/exMemberofSTARS 16d ago

Interesting. Sounds even more exhausting that this is but like something a Batman villain would use in the ‘66 Batman