Originally Posted by burdar
Isn't blowing over fairly common when racing boats? I wonder if some sort of flap like the roof flaps in NASCAR would keep the front end down when it gets too high? They would have to be manually controlled. It happens very fast though. Might not have time to react.


Hydroplanes have a driver controlled wing between the sponsons to control how high the boat flies. The problem is stuff happens pretty quick at 150 mph and once the air gets under the boat it rotates right now. Tenths of a second between all's well and she's junk. All it takes is a gust of wind and an ill timed bounce and it's all over.

Kevin