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Giving wings to new navigation
15 / 03 / 2022
The Basque startup Foilchemy is developing the first dinghy equipped with a hydrofoil control system, a solution exportable to the entire marine sector.
Double the speed reducing fuel consumption by up to 60%. This is the promise that Foilchemy has just launched to the marine sector with the presentation of Naia, the first dinghy equipped with the hydrofoil control system developed by this Basque startup. The firm, which participated in the 2018 edition of B-Venture, specializes in the custom development of electronic navigation systems for vessels on ‘foils’ (wings), an increasingly viable solution to reduce the environmental impact of maritime transport.
Hydrofoils are plates attached to the hull of the ship that lift the ship so that it does not even touch the water (to imagine it, perhaps the most graphic is to think of a seaplane whose floats are submerged in the water instead of gliding over it) and, in fact, they are already well known in shipyards. The first vessel to use them was built in 1906 by Enrico Forlanini, one of the pioneers of Italian aviation. The fundamentals of its original design have not changed much; the ship has wings that remain submerged at all times and over which the rest of the hull is raised, thus not touching the surface of the water. It seems to fly over it. Thus, by subtracting friction, the speed of the vessel is increased while reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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