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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: Snokio on December 24, 2011, 12:28:25 PM

Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: Snokio on December 24, 2011, 12:28:25 PM
[video=youtube;NI5gW7b8U1k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NI5gW7b8U1k#[/video] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NI5gW7b8U1k)
Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: TheDvEight on December 24, 2011, 01:11:10 PM
buy you one? I'll buy myself one first
Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: Blunt on December 24, 2011, 01:17:54 PM
Some of us are old enough to remember the original (http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/i/ironfish.htm)
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Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: smilodon on December 24, 2011, 05:39:41 PM
I bought a lottery ticket today so here's the deal, when i win you can have a go in the two seater I'll be ordering :D
Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: Snokio on December 24, 2011, 06:27:50 PM
"when I win" even if it's just win £10? Deal! :yahoo:

They start from around $65K US, not bad, but a years waiting list!
Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: Vargen on December 24, 2011, 09:59:29 PM
I want one!
Title: Someone buy me one of these please!
Post by: TeaLeaf on December 25, 2011, 07:50:58 AM
I think the name is a bit misleading and that it was tested on a windless day on a lake and not at sea.   I think it should more appropriately be called a Lakebreacher - if you used it in the sea it would snap real quick.   I can imagine the foils being hit by a wave going the opposite direction when landing and just being ripped off (carbon fibre or no carbon fibre).  

The second thing I can imagine is the number of watersport injuries going up.   Letting someone power through the water when they can't see ahead of themselves because they are underwater is a recipe for an "everybody knows it is going to happen" accident.

Looks great fun though, sign me up!