Talk:Hydroplane

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This needs a disambiguity page for Hydroplane - the 'diving planes' as used on submarines

Contents 1 1920's? 2 Allison/Rolls Royce 3 There are many other types of hydroplanes other than the ABRA sanctioned types 4 Huh?

[edit] 1920's?

In "The Great Gatsby," Gatsby owns a hydroplane, which is mentioned several times in the book, which was published in 1925. This article first mentions the 1950s. What was a "hydroplane" in the 1920's? Obviously the term must have been fairly popular at that time.

I found a few uses of the term "hydroplane" on the web to mean "seaplane" and several to refer to much earlier speedboats from the 1920s.

Also -- isn't there a relationship between "hydroplane" and "hydrofoil," which has its own Wikipedia page?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Respaldo (talk • contribs) 22:35, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

"isn't there a relationship between 'hydroplane' and 'hydrofoil,'"? No. Except they both run on water, hence 'hydro'. And seaplanes were sometimes called "hydroaeroplanes" in the 1910-30 period. Trekphiler (talk) 02:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Allison/Rolls Royce

Allison is not and was never a division of Rolls Royce. Allison made airplane engines during WWII and was part of General Motors Corporation. Other divisions (automotive divisions) of GM made Rolls Royce "Merlin" engines under contract from Rolls Royce for production of airplanes during WWII.

I've fixed that. (Why didn't you...? Also, I'm unaware of GM building Merlns; they were licened by Packard...)

On a separate issue, the article could use some coverage of racing, which was the point of developing the boats, N? Started with WSRs & spread? And is now gov by the Unltd Hydroplane Racing Assn (UHRA). Trekphiler 12:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] There are many other types of hydroplanes other than the ABRA sanctioned types

The Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association is a professional hydroplane racing series that can be found at http://www.ulhra.org. It is the fastest growing professional hydroplane racing organization in the USA with 13 new teams this year alone!

[edit] Huh?

The article says" vertical tail (similar to the ones on most modern airplanes) was gradually replaced by a horizontal stabilizer supported by vertical tails on either side of the boat and as of 2006 the horizontal stabilizer was mostly abandoned." It means the vertical stabilizer, I presume, but I'm insufficiently familiar with the boats. Fix? Trekphiler (talk) 18:47, 21 November 2007 (UTC)