Hunt's goal was to create a small drum of steel, filled with concrete that could skip across water like the original bouncing bomb.
In their tests Buffalo Airways pilot Arnie Schreder flew a Douglas DC-4, with the bomb attached underneath, towards a recreation of the Möhne dam, which was specially constructed on Lake Williston, Canada for the test.
The bomb did not spin for long enough time and it was risky for a DC-4 to fly very low (60 feet) with an 800-pound object attached.
The splash of the bomb hitting the water could damage the DC-4, and there was trouble telling how high the DC4 was flying because the altimeter was not accurate enough to determine the altitude below 60 feet.
The splash of the bomb hitting the water struck the tail of the aircraft (a Douglas DC-4), although there was no major damage.