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US 4,398,483 AGranted
Vee type planing hull with AFT tapered wedges
AssigneeWood Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
InventorsForrest L. Wood, Dale H. Jensen, Kenneth P. Poley, Charles C. Hoover, Gary L. Wilson
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Abstract
Porpoising control in a high speed planing hull is effected during straight, on plane running and in turning maneuvers by a novel configuration of aft tapered wedges bridging the aft, exit ends of the outboard and next adjacent, inboard running surfaces.
Claims4
A deep vee entry hull having central, intermediate and outboard running surfaces extending fore and aft thereof intermediate the bow and stern;
- said intermediate running surfaces extending to said stern;
- said intermediate and outboard running surfaces being smoothly continuous throughout their lengths and terminating at the extreme after ends thereof in wedge means extending across the full widths thereof;
- and said wedge means being tapered aft.
A deep vee entry hull having central, intermediate and outboard running surfaces extending fore and aft thereof intermediate the bow and stern;
- said central running surfaces terminating at the after end thereof in a transverse step immediately adjacent and forward of the stern;
- said intermediate running surfaces extending to said stern and straddling said transverse step;
- said intermediate and outboard running surfaces being smoothly continuous throughout their lengths and terminating at the extreme after ends thereof in wedge means extending across the full widths thereof;
- and said wedge means being tapered aft.
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