Class 1 Qatar CRASH/FLIP And Victory saves it....!! powerboat offshore

Blowovers have been a problem for a long time. Driving these boats competitively is a balancing act. The boat goes fastest with the least amount of hull in the water. Drop the bow a hair and you go slower. Raise it a hair and you blowover. I expect there are a dozen ways to fix the problem...and they all make the boats go slower. Whatever solution comes about, you can bet that no competitor is going to unilaterally implement a change that will make his boat slower, even if it will save the life of his pilot. Any solution will have to be applied through a rule change for all the competitors at one time to keep them on a level playing field.

Wow all these views of this are incredible. Glad everyone was ok tho. Question to those that might know, was the 2 coming so close and taking the air down force or side draft off the other a probable aide to this wreck? Nascar and NHRA are the obvious comparisons with the air down forces and drafts so interested to see or find out if something occurred causing the 2 to go up?

So id have adjustable trim on front to stop that...

amazing

If they throttled back a bit at the right time would the nose come down and prevent the crash?

But... Is the guy dead who crashed?

Didn't know Koenigsegg had a race boat

boats that flip....crap design!!!!

fucking. clown. got. to. close. to. the. outher. boat.

these types of boats are stupid and pointless, full displacement only, fuck the rest. how many people died here? shame on you for posting their death.

Spirit of Norway, Jotun!!! <3

I always thought hydroplaning was the word to use when accidents like this happened.

How does this even happen?

Crash him on purpose so he wont loose the race...

The sport of multi millionaires.

The reason for this crash was because Qatar approached the leading boat much too close and when it was midway along the leading boat it came into a zone of the higher pressure air being thrown out from under the leading boat. These boats, travelling at that speed ram air under their hulls and they are marginally stable. That sudden change of conditions meeting a zone of slightly higher pressurised from the bows while its own could not escape as the hulls were too close, caused the incident. Once the angle of attack/ incidence became greater , the boat lifted. The leading boat did not suffer, because her conditions basically remained the same.
I wonder if as an emergency a small drag parachute tied to the transom would have saved the day and for normal control a tailplane and a rudder at the back would add another control system if ever the boat becomes airborne, as with rudders and throttle alone one cannot meet control in all conditions or states these fast boats may get into.
I feel the pilots should be given a detailed course in the aerodynamics showing the states when these boats are travelling alone, near one boat and when sandwiched between two boats.

Why would they not have a wing that pops out at over certain angles Thus allowing it's nose to be flown or trimmed down and stabilized ? (as soon as its auto activated the steering wheel just needs to be pushed forward as in like a plane! the only time the wheel can be moved forward is when the system is activated all other times its locked and the wing retracted ) It would cost stuff all to incorporate and save lives and no doubt more important to them Money !!

These guys are EFFING NUTS !!! Is it me or does a front "Wing" make some sense here since EVERYONE seems to be going Nose UP and over... Tea Kettle over Ass if you will. If it were me....I'd start playing with a wing up front....maybe even between the two hulls up front? The tech is there....been here actually.... A Gyro controlling a nose downforce wing.... When not needed its neutral.... When nosing up....wing deploys for down force. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

P.S I PRAY these guys walked away from these Horrific crashes.... Going from 150+ to Zero Ain't fun.

LOHI

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