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Volitan, the Flying Fish - Futuristic Green Concept Boat

Posted November 15, 2007 10:36 AM

From Born Rich:

Naveen: Designed by Turkish design firm Designnobis Studio, the Volitan is a new lightweight, futuristic, and green concept boat that runs using solid sails, wind power and solar energy. The name comes froma word that means ‘flying fish.’ Actually, it looks like a fish with her sails down. The functions of the Volitan are controlled and optimized by a networked computer. The solid sails, which are equipped with double layer solar cell panels, are used to harness both wind and solar energy. If the sea goes rough, the boat’s wings fold up against the boat, but there is nothing to worry as because the Volitan is engineered to operate in up to 60 knot winds. Moreover, the futuristic boat is able to turn on a dime with the help of the two smaller stabilizer wings. Going green is the current trend and owning a green boat would be among the wish-list of the uber-rich. Let’s see if the ingenious concept meets realism. via YankoDesign

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11/15/2007 1:37 PM

Nice project....may we see such concepts on roads also.

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11/16/2007 2:16 PM

Almost makes we want to change back to my old avatar.

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