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Originally Posted by Orion2012
Judging by the fact it was jumping out of the water I'd say the speed estimates are close.
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1) It doesn't say it was jumping out of the water, it said it was difficult to keep it from breaking the surface. This indicates a control problem, not excessive speed. There is still no reason why it couldn't be that fast, even in 1934.
2) The reason they didn't put it into service was likely that they could never get it to work properly. Not lack of vision - rather insurmountable problems.