alan_k Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 It's only 292 days to Christmas, plenty of time for mummy and daddy to save up. Yes please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Oh, now that does look like a lot of fun! The Russians started this gig with a military program years back. http://www.vincelewis.net/ekranoplan.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 But the Ekranoplan was designed not to go higher then the influence of the ground effect which is why it could get away with such short wings. This thing seems to go higher than the ground effect would last for so it seems to me that it is generating enough lift to be "flying" rather than just "ekranoplan-ing"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Yes, it does seem to do as you suggest. So will that make it a light aircraft, a hovercraft or a hybrid Ekranoplan? The regulators will have a lot of fun with that one too. Heeman Officially calls this invention a ‘wing in ground effect vehicle’ - a hovercraft which is able to fly due to a set of unusual aerodynamics. Heeman’s first test flight actually ended in a crash landing. He was lucky and escaped with only a bruised leg. After the accident Heeman made adjustments to the Hovercraft and now believes the hoverwing is ready. , but Mr Heeman has yet to decide who to choose. http://www.techcraving.com/hoverwing-ho ... ove-water/ http://www.thedigitalaviator.com/blog/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 That gets rid of having to run and launch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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