What is it about?
Chapter 1 outlines the various successful developments of dynamic lift marine craft designed to achieve high speed at sea. It shows the specific technologies used in each of the classes of craft that give the craft its high speed. The specific goal of one hundred knots as pursued by the US Maritime Administration for commercial use and by the US Navy for military use is highlighted as the main thrust of the book to achieve such an aim.
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Why is it important?
It is important to describe those craft that have been successful in achieving high speed in practical platforms to guide future researchers and designers in the continuation of the development that has slowed in recent years because of both technical and political reasons. This chapter summarizes the developments in England, US, Germany and the Former Soviet Union and elsewhere where the greatest success have occurred.
Perspectives
With the passage of time, much of the good work by researchers, designers, builders and operators of high speed marine craft, especially those who pursued the goal of one hundred knots at sea capability has been distorted in the literature. The author has sought out the original work, some of it by personal involvement in the development, to provide a perspective of the original aims of the designers.
Mr Peter J Mantle
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This page is a summary of: The Goal of One Hundred Knots, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781316106716.002.
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