ICE-BOAT PILOT RIDES INSIDE THE SAIL (Apr, 1940)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1940
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Apr, 1940
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ICE-BOAT PILOT RIDES INSIDE THE SAIL
Entering through a small door in the side, J. L. Finch, of Patchogue, N. Y., drives his curious ice boat, pictured above, from within a fixed, fabric-covered airfoil that serves as a sail for the craft. Instead of controlling his ice racer by manipulating a sail, Finch turns the forward movable runners on which the boat rides to get it into the most-advantageous position in the prevailing wind. Windows are built into the leading edge of the airplane-wing sail. Finch calls his strange craft an “ice glider.”
Nice information!
I am sailing in a similar wing but with skates on my feet. Makes the design simpler as steeering and suspension gear is included at birth. See: http://home.swipnet.se/ansar/s.html
Comment by Anders Ansar — July 23, 2008 @ 11:58 pm