The AC75 port and starboard foils are comprised of a foil arm and a foil wing.

Ac75 foil arm. The AC75 45 metre long carbon foil arm has a wing attached to the tip of the arm which provides the upward force needed to lift the AC75 clear of the water. The Flying Technology of the AC75. The AC75 port and starboard foils are composed of a foil arm and a foil wing.

At the beginning of December the ETNZ camp denied any problem with the AC75 foil arm development testing but it now seems there was a problem. Although teams have seen schematics on paper this was the first opportunity for each challenger to see first-hand how the foil cant system works First impressions were drawn to the sheer scale and size of the test foil arm and functionality of the control system which will be reflected on the spectacular AC75s. The foil-arm construction is what we are calling C-plate or carbon-plate-style construction which consists of multiple long contoured 20 mm plates stacked edgewise to create the.

The foil wing 4 metre span is custom designed and will be built by each team. AC75 Foil-Arm problems cause launch delay Gerald New. The hull and appendages of the Americas Cup 75-foot foiler are the big tools to make these machines fly.

For the AC75 the canting foil mechanism will be a supplied component. Emirates Team NZ develops the canting mechanism. The foil wing 4 metre span is.

Screen shot I took from the video below showing the different types of foils used by each team. The Foil arm story. The AC75 port and starboard foils are composed of a foil arm and a foil wing.

Within the 36 th Americas Cup Protocol both the foil arm and the. 5 07 Jun 2019 101 107 1116biv 132a 135 138. Change to mass of components.