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First look at an AC72 wing

 

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Thanks to Pierre at VSAIL for this photo of the Artemis (non) surrogate yacht (an ORMA 60).
I’ve marked up Pierre’s photo to show that Artemis is testing a wing with six flaps. The very top flap is a “two-element” setup; the lower five flaps are part of a “three-element” setup.

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Artemis A72 wing: 6 flaps, 3 elements, but how many slots?

It will be interesting to see what we can learn about the control systems for this wing. More on that in a future article.

JJG

 

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America’s Cup Village in San Francisco, 2013 Where’s Artemis?

Here’s the America’s Cup Village planned for San Francisco in 2013.  Super yachts, public areas and stage with giant screen, and 4 AC72 catamarans on the hard, with the flags of USA, France, Italy and New Zealand.  Not Sweden? Where is our Challenger of Record, “Artemis?”  Perhaps too smart to risk putting their race boat on display?