Swimming Machines
Why swim?
Why swim?
Fish are more efficient than propellers
BUT PARTS ARE BAD!
Efficiency
Early comparison to propeller-driven craft
How to swim efficiently?
How to swim efficiently?
The "Torque Reaction Engine"
Drone morphologies
human-powered fishBOOT
Fabrication techniques
3D modeling
creating cores for fiberglass
3D printing
History
History
Human-powered research platforms
Bobcraft
fishBOOT
one-person
two-person
Sequence of drones
What for?
What for?
Markets
A human-powered craft, the fishBOOT, lead to the fishBOAT drone
KICKSTARTER FOR THE FISHBOOT!!!
Help me qualify a refined version of the fishBOOT for the seventy48 race in 2023 (70 miles in forty-eight hours, all human-powered, no motor or sales, between Tacoma and Port Townsend, WA)
The fishBOOT -- easy, low effort, good in rough water!
I call this "Polywog". It is simple on purpose.
I call this "Polywog". It is simple on purpose.