• DocumentCode
    59880
  • Title

    The need [Transport Powerboating]

  • Author

    Davies, Sean

  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jul-13
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    When you are racing a Formula One powerboat you don´t have that security. It´s a six-metre catamaran that runs on a cushion of air. To control the boat the driver has buttons on the steering wheel and the floor. These control hydraulic rams that move the outboard engine at the back of the boat in and out as well as up and down. The more you move the engine out the more air is trapped inside the tunnel and the faster you accelerate.
  • Keywords
    boats; engines; steering systems; Formula One powerboat; catamaran; engine; hydraulic rams; steering wheel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/et.2013.0600
  • Filename
    6570432