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Got RPM
That’s a common mistake, running for speed on too small of a pond. Official SAW courses for water prop boats measure through 330-foot traps, plus run up and slow down room. The lake where many records were set was about 2000 feet long and accommodated speeds in excess of 140 mph.
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This needs more space than that as there is little to pull it down off the plane other than wind resistance and some surface drag.
Prop boats have a large wedge rudder and usually a turn fin.