Also for our WaveShark eFoil review the team from Amsterdam had brought an electric foil board for us to Berlin. In autumnal weather, we were able to extensively test the E-Hydrofoil.
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One of the first DIY electric hydrofoil student projects started already summer 2008 under the leadership of Prof. Jakob Kuttenkeuler and was called the "Evolo project”. The idea was to develop a water vehicle for one adult person with an electrical motor of about 3 kW and a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h) while minimising emissions, noise and wakes.
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We were reaching out for interviews to Nick Leason, Prof. Jack Langelaan and Prof. Jakob Kuttenkeuler based on our Electric foil patents article "Is a questionable patent slowing down the e-Foil trend?".
Here is what they had to say.
[caption id="attachment_1713" align="alignnone" width="801"] Electric Foil patents - Electric Hydrofoil from 2009[/caption]
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There is a big hype about electric hydrofoils these days. Multiple commercial and DIY projects are described in our e-Foil section.
A lot of time and money is spent from hundreds of enthusiastic people to form a new sport and potentially a new way of travelling.
In October 2013 Prof. Jack W. Langelaan from Penn State University in Pennsylvania issued several patents around weight-shift controlled personal hydrofoil watercrafts.
[caption id="attachment_1692" align="alignnone" width="801"] e-Foil project Evolo from 2009[/caption]
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