Any reports on how WAM-V proteus handles big waves ?
Are there any videos; All the available videos show calm waters. How do you think it will handle big waves. My guess is not so good in big waves.
haven’t found a rough water video, but the WAM-V is designed to handle big waves in a new way, each of the four legs have springs to allow the flexable hull to move smoothly over the water. below is part of an article that discusses this.
"It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might be a long line of wave adaptive modular vessels — WAM-V for short — developed by Ugo Conti, an engineer and inventor. Conti calls it "the prototype of a new class of vessel."
Using technology developed by Conti’s El Cerrito Marine Advanced Research Inc., the WAM-V is "a new class of watercraft … that delivers a radically new seagoing experience." It has twin hulls, like a catamaran, connected to each other and a control cabin by four metal legs. The legs ride on titanium springs — like shock absorbers — that allow the WAM-V to adjust to the surface of the water — to flex like knees."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/19/BAGE7NLI001.DTL
excellent video by ugo conti, the designer of the WAM-V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0MZzFT3XpQ&feature=related
hope this helps
haven’t found a rough water video, but the WAM-V is designed to handle big waves in a new way, each of the four legs have springs to allow the flexable hull to move smoothly over the water. below is part of an article that discusses this.
"It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might be a long line of wave adaptive modular vessels — WAM-V for short — developed by Ugo Conti, an engineer and inventor. Conti calls it "the prototype of a new class of vessel."
Using technology developed by Conti’s El Cerrito Marine Advanced Research Inc., the WAM-V is "a new class of watercraft … that delivers a radically new seagoing experience." It has twin hulls, like a catamaran, connected to each other and a control cabin by four metal legs. The legs ride on titanium springs — like shock absorbers — that allow the WAM-V to adjust to the surface of the water — to flex like knees."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/19/BAGE7NLI001.DTL
excellent video by ugo conti, the designer of the WAM-V
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0MZzFT3XpQ&feature=related
hope this helps
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