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  • Thumbnail for Hydroplane (boat)
    A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing...
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  • to water on the road Hydroplane (boat), a fast motor boat used in racing Hydroplane racing, a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers Floatplane...
    1 KB (188 words) - 22:35, 14 May 2018
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    compete for national and international titles in these hydroplane racing circuits. The American Power Boat Association (APBA) sanction similar PRO class national...
    11 KB (1,415 words) - 00:18, 10 September 2024
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    Motorboat (redirect from Motor boat)
    powerboat is a boat that is exclusively powered by an engine. Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on...
    18 KB (1,903 words) - 01:40, 8 July 2024
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    Coastal Motor Boat was a small high-speed British torpedo boat used by the Royal Navy in the First World War and up to end of the Second World War. During...
    19 KB (1,967 words) - 17:48, 17 April 2024
  • scow Gig (boat) Go-fast boat Gondola Gunboat Gundalow Great Lakes freighter Top of page Higgins Houario Houseboat Hovercraft Hydrofoil Hydroplane Top of...
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    sharp lines, compared to the earlier full hydroplaning Soviet designs like the G-5 or Project 123-bis. The boat was made out of wood and powered by four...
    9 KB (767 words) - 05:26, 24 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for British Power Boat Company
    The British Power Boat Company was a British manufacturer of motor boats, particularly racing boats and later military patrol boats. The company was formed...
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    boat. If the hydroplane's angle of attack is upset at speed, the craft can somersault into the air or nose-dive into the water. Campbell's new boat was...
    36 KB (3,871 words) - 13:05, 11 September 2024
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    shape had to be designed to take advantage of hydroplaning; a hydrofoil-like design would allow the boat to skim atop the water's surface at high speed...
    7 KB (806 words) - 08:45, 3 May 2023
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    first successful step hydroplane that exceeded the then-unthinkable speed of over 50 mph (80 km/h) and was then the fastest boat in the world. There followed...
    16 KB (2,046 words) - 05:26, 10 September 2024
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    propulsion motor and propulsion motor drive provider. The lead ship motor was delivered to Electric Boat in August 2022. Various types of electric motors have...
    38 KB (3,267 words) - 13:34, 5 September 2024
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    consisting of a hydrostatic valve and pendulum that caused the torpedo's hydroplanes to be adjusted so as to maintain a preset depth. During the mid-19th...
    25 KB (3,501 words) - 00:41, 12 August 2024
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    Airboat (redirect from Swamp boat)
    chance of seeing an alligator on their tours. Hovercraft Hydrocopter Hydroplane (boat) Jetboat Rotor ship, a similar type of vessel using a vertical "pipe"...
    48 KB (5,258 words) - 03:50, 31 July 2024
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    surf down them to initiate planing. Sports portal Transport portal Hydroplane (boat), racing powerboats designed to use lift from the hull to reduce drag...
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  • Thumbnail for Wolseley Motors
    Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin. It...
    44 KB (5,324 words) - 14:56, 9 August 2024
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    a RIB is shaped to increase the performance of the boat in the water by optimising its hydroplaning characteristics. "Deep-V" hulls cut through waves easily...
    24 KB (3,173 words) - 23:39, 1 May 2024
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    (1896 - 17 September 1956) was a hydroplane racer who broke the world water speed record with his "Slo-mo-shun IV" boat. Sayres was born in Dayton, Washington...
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    the term "torpedo boat" came to be attached to a quite different vessel – the very fast-hydroplaning, motor-driven motor torpedo boat. Navies originally...
    58 KB (7,102 words) - 02:49, 3 September 2024
  • 160 MPH: Video". Motor Authority. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017. The Packard Merlin in Hydroplanes and raceboats Retrieved:...
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