Jim Russell, AeroMarine Research





	** Jimboat is powerboat design technical consultant on new National Geographic special for "Thrill Zone" series... Watch for it soon - release date on THIS website!

Jim Russell is a professional engineer with a mechanical and aeronautics background. Currently living in Canada, he has done extensive aerodynamic research at University of Michigan, MI and University of Toronto, Canada and marine research at the NRC water channel laboratory in Ottawa, Canada. His published papers are highly acclaimed, and are specifically related to the aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of high performance catamarans, tunnel boats and modified vee-hulls; and has appeared on SpeedVision's 'Powerboat Television' as a guest expert on 'Tunnel Hulls, and was performance/design technical consultant on National Geographic's 'Thrill Zone' TV show. Russell has designed and built many tunnel boats. As a long-time professional race driver, he piloted tunnel boats to Canadian and North American championships. He has written power boating articles for many worldwide performance magazines and has covered UIM and APBA powerboat races. Russell is the author of the "Secrets of Tunnel Boat Design" book, "History of Tunnel Boat Design" book, and the "Secrets of Propeller Design." His company has designed and published the well-known powerboat design software, "Tunnel Boat Design ProgramŠ ", specifically for the design and performance analysis of tunnel boats and powered catamarans; and "PropWorks2Š" software for propeller selection and speed prediction.

[reprinted from: design awards]

Get your full, illustrated, 13th edition copy of the "Secrets of Tunnel Boat Design" book, with over 200 pages of powerboat history, design practices and formulae and over 100 photographs.

The publications "History of Tunnel Boat Design" book, "History of Propellers" book, the "Tunnel Boat Design ProgramŠ" software, and the "PropWorks2" software for speed prediction and propeller selection are available at the Aeromarine Research web site.

"Secrets of Tunnel Boat DesignŠ" book

"History of Tunnel Boat DesignŠ" book

"History & Design of PropellersŠ" book

"Tunnel Boat Design ProgramŠ ", V7 software

"PropWorks2Š" software for propeller selection and powerboat speed prediction


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