That's the Simon Lake school of depth control. And works... to a degree.
However, impractical with the Goff hull as those horizontal strakes - within which the hydroplanes are nested -- blanket out the planes. Anything but a zero angle of attack and the strakes subject the planes to turbulence, rendering them useless.
Go this route:
https://youtu.be/kOO_sz6Sh7U 2:15
https://youtu.be/cwS6o4jsxoU
David
However, impractical with the Goff hull as those horizontal strakes - within which the hydroplanes are nested -- blanket out the planes. Anything but a zero angle of attack and the strakes subject the planes to turbulence, rendering them useless.
Go this route:
https://youtu.be/kOO_sz6Sh7U 2:15
https://youtu.be/cwS6o4jsxoU
David
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