06-29-2011 • Katherine Bagley via PopSci.com
Outfitted with a 1500cc engine, a watertight cockpit and sixdolphin-like fins, the Innespace Seabreacher redefines personalwatercraft. The 17-foot vessel can reach 50 mph on flat water, cruisebeneath the surface, and launch 18 feet into the air. It’s also got aniPod-compatible sound system and a digital periscope. Summer may neverbe the same.
Check out this video of the Seabreacher X in action:
Tail Fin
The Seabreacher’s top rear fin acts like a car spoiler. When thecraft is underwater, aiming its water jet toward the tail fin producesdrag that pushes the craft’s rear downward and the nose upward,launching the vessel out of the water.
Water JetA single jet controls propulsion and steering. Drivers aim it withtwo foot pedals in the cockpit. Pointing the stream left or rightinitiates a turn; directing it down pops the tail up and aims thecraft’s nose down for a dive.
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