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2. Boeing 929 Jetfoil - Wikipedia

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   Jet Ferry One: P&O Jet Ferries: Sep 1979: 1982 Funchal: Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong: Active No. 14 HMS Speedy (P296) Royal Navy Jan 1979 1982 Speedy Princess - Lilau Far East Hydrofoil / TurboJET Hong Kong Scrapped in 2021 (Retired in 2019) No. 15: Cú Na Mara: B&I Line: 1980: 1982 Ginga: Sado Steam Ship: Active No. 16: Jet Ferry ...

3. Jetboat - Wikipedia

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   A jetboat is a boat propelled by a jet of water ejected from the back of the craft. Unlike a powerboat or motorboat that uses an external propeller in the water below or behind the boat, a jetboat draws the water from under the boat through an intake and into a pump-jet inside the boat, before expelling it through a nozzle at the stern.

4. Autopilot - Wikipedia

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   When present, an autopilot is often used in conjunction with an autothrottle, a system for controlling the power delivered by the engines. An autopilot system is sometimes colloquially referred to as "George" [2] (e.g. "we'll let George fly for a while"; "George is flying the plane now".).

5. Pump-jet - Wikipedia

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   The boat was reported to reach a speed of four mph moving upstream. [7] [8] [9] On December 21, 1833, Irish engineer John Howard Kyan received a UK patent for propelling ships by a jet of water ejected from the stern. [10] In April 1932, Italian engineer Secondo Campini demonstrated a pump-jet propelled boat in Venice, Italy. The boat achieved ...

6. Self-steering gear - Wikipedia

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   The Casel autopilot, which included an array of green, red and white telltale control lights, used an electric motor to act on the main rudder. Though its basic principle was sound and was useful in some sections of the passage, it proved to be somewhat too lightly built for a wet vibrating little boat and was trouble ridden.

7. Bluebird K7 - Wikipedia

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   The vertical stabiliser from the Gnat was also used on the rebuilt K7, and a new hydraulic water brake designed to slow the boat down on the five-mile Coniston course. Also changed in the 1966 redesign, was the start system: "The compressed air starting system, designed and manufactured by Rotax Ltd for the Orpheus engine in the Hunting H126 ...