Thrust Water Speed Project Update #8 – Sensors and Sensibility – Autonomous Test Boat C3.2B
The Thrust WSH (Water Speed Hydrofoil) team prepare C3.2B, their autonomous jet-powered test boat for…
Thrust Water Speed Project – Update #7 – Not All Plain Sailing, Testing Our Model Jet Boat
Thrust Water Speed Project Update #7 reveals unexpected challenges during model jet boat testing. The…
Thrust Water Speed Project – Update #6 – Making A Supermodel
The Thrust team build a 1:4 scale model of their record challenger design. At 3m…
Inside Story _ Sept 2024 update
Richard Noble and the Thrust Team attended the International Composites Summit in Milton Keynes in…
Thrust Water Speed Project – Update #5 – Wings Under Water (Hydrofoil Testing)
The Thrust team seek a safer way to maintain control of a craft designed to…
Back Story – Thrust 2
In 1977, Richard Noble bought a jet engine and placed an advert: “Wanted: 650 mph…
Back Story – Thrust 1
In the mid-1970s, Thrust 1 represented Richard Noble’s first steps towards challenging for the Land…
Thrust WSH Update #4 – Testing the Spey 205 Jet Engine’s Afterburner
https://youtu.be/MVic6u9_mhs
Thrust WSH Update #3 – Rolls-Royce Spey jet engine on test at max power!
https://youtu.be/TlBT13OUbbI
Back Story – John Cobb retrospective film
Linking @ScarfAndGoggles channel’s Story of Crusader, the jet hydroplane designed by legendary engineer Reid Railton…
ThrustWSH Update #2 Awakening Sleeping Giants
https://youtu.be/HNZsMRNKLYY
Positive industry reaction
There has been a very positive industry reaction to our recent appearance at the composites…
ThrustWSH and PRF Composites announce materials partnership
https://youtu.be/iucLrWWHrK8
ThrustWSH at PRF show
The Thrust WSH team would like to thank PRF Composite Materials for their support hosting…
Small Beginnings, Big Ideas
https://youtu.be/0RPdEiI_foI
Model boats
As a team new to the WSR it makes sense to collect data from instrumented…
Steer this way?
We’ve mentioned the use of twin rudders but there are of course other options to…
It’s not all drawings and models …
It’s not all drawings and small models, we have to run big tests in the…
3 points, or 4?
Our key design principle is stability across the whole speed range rather than outright performance…
Doodles and drawings
Even today, it’s not all computer based design. There is still a place for sketches…
Thrust is back!
https://youtu.be/06Lc4vV0XsY?si=1Y8X9lMBUB0f3X0U