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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.A close buddy of mine was obsessed with hydrofoils (also ekranoplans, i guess the hype comes bundled), he conceptualized few designs... -
Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Hydrofoil boat concept is around since 1900s, as old as the modern screws. Buoyancy driven high endurance propulsion is an invention of...
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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Underwater gliders work for decades, just because you haven't heard of, it also doesn't mean if it works or not. It differs by design...
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Ripley reacted to Yasar_TR's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Is that why submerged submarines can go faster and longer? You need to study aqua/hydrodynamics for submerged vehicles and their drag...
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Ripley reacted to boredaf's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Digging in your heels, I see. It has been going through sea trials and it generates propulsion through 2 propellers on both sides, how...
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Ripley reacted to Iskander's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Insha'Allah:)
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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.von Karman is turning around in his grave. Drag coefficient listed below also is valid for certain speed ranges, and this UUV has a...
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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.MSB Ar&Ge (MinDef R&D) is the biggest scam of last 5 years, they also presented a 'torpedo'. And this USV had nothing concrete planned.
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Ripley reacted to Mis_TR_Like's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.MSB AR-GE presented a semi-submersible concept at IDEF 2025 https://www.defenceturk.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MSB-AR-GE-IDA-2.jpg...
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Ripley reacted to Iskander's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-military-manta-ray...
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Ripley reacted to Zafer's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.It has a lot of wetted surface that creates drag, unlikely to have any amount of speed. It is bound to fail if not has failed yet.
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Ripley reacted to Turkic's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.That explains why we've seen no progress so far, but what happened to it? Why in the trash bin?
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Ripley reacted to Zafer's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.Hydrofoils leave no white trail on water, they can be made low profile, they are fast and agile, they are even replacing surfers' surf...
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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.In the trash bin.
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Ripley reacted to Anmdt's post in the thread TR Navy ULAQ ¦ SANCAR ¦ MIR ¦ SALVO | Unmanned Surface Vehicles, News and Updates with.The fact that they are not widely adopted, doesn't mean they are not feasible - hence FPV drones were not on the field or considered a...
