This month we were contacted by a television production company who are considering a documentary upon current outright air, land and water speed record contenders to which we said it was premature to be featuring Longbow so we suggested they approach Dave Warby for the water speed record element. However during that conversation it became apparent that as the person was a layman in such matters there was some confusion as to what they perceived a hydroplane is and what some of the challenges of going quick upon water are, compared to the land speed record for cars and motorcycles.
At the same time and perhaps as a result of Steve’s talk mentioned above we also noted comments upon social media comparing the largely wooden structure of Crusader with the all metal construction of Bluebird K7. We have skirted around these points before in previous updates so perhaps it is worth now going into greater detail of both hydroplane design and construction over a series of diary updates.
So what is a hydroplane? Click to read more
