Boat as a Spider

February 24, 2009 by Admin  
Filed under Science

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The Spider Boat, also known as Proteus,represents a new generation of ultra-light, highly-customizable watercraft featuring breakthrough technology and fuel-efficiency.

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Unlike conventional boats that force water to conform to the hull, The Spider Boat adjusts to the surface of the water. Its innovative superstructure is flexibly connected to specially designed pontoons to support the vessel and dramatically minimize stresses to structure, payload and crew. Proteus does not pierce the waves; it skims across them, dramatically reducing fuel consumption. By spreading the load over multiple points and reducing the depth incursion into the water, there is less wake disturbance and hence lower drag.

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3 Comments on "Boat as a Spider"

  1. WebDesigner on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 12:27 pm 

    weird……

  2. nick pomfret on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 1:19 pm 

    Looks nothing like a spider – more like a crane picking up two huge metal bananas… Bananacraneboat – not such a catchy name though :(

  3. Nem on Tue, 24th Feb 2009 6:04 pm 

    Where do you store the cargo? Or does this thing uses so little fuel because there’s no place for cargo?

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