US Navy Experimental Hydrofoil Project

This Ship Could Fly: What Happened To The Plainview?
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I remember hearing about this back when I was kid though my information was a bit sparse. I always wondered what happened to this project. Well, now I know.

The big thing I got from this video is you can design dynamically stable hyrdofoils, or you can design one that is not stable and then add a computer to constantly adjust the foils. A stable design seems like the way to go. By adding a computer you are just asking for trouble. Problem was, the stable design wasn't suitable for the Navy's purposes.