"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On 4 Sep 2003 21:23:08 -0700, (Steve Pawling)
wrote:

You need to see the movie "The Dambusters" to see how this works and
follow their technique. It's been a long while since I've seen the
movie but if I recall correctly, they tried having the bomb spinning
before dropping it onto the water.

...and it was spinning at 500 rpm against natural wheel rotation to
maximise the speed difference between the cylindrical bomb casing and
the water surface and hence to improve its chances of (1) skipping
along the surface and (2) to prevent it trying to climb the dam's
inner face.

This tells us that having the wheel brake on is A Good Thing if you
want to aquaplane as much as possible.

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And bounce right into that dam at the end of the lake?...