A Wing In Ground-effect vehicle (WIG), is a vehicle that cruises little more than a few feet over flat surfaces, most often water. It can be seen as a transition between a hovercraft and an aircraft. As it flies just above a surface, it is also classified as WISE or WISES (Wing In Surface Effect Ship). WIGs are also classified as Ground Effect Vehicles, or Sea Skimmers. The IMO has classifed the WIGs as ship, with effect of (GEV).[1] In conventional aircraft, "flare" is the rotation of the aircraft's nose up, used at the final part of landing to arrest the descent rate before touch down. In WIG vehicles, this is the basic attitude to sustain level flight. See also: en.wikipedia.org

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John Schuster is a very gifted aerospace engineer who happens to be a big kid at heart.

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Universal Hovercraft is proud to offer the UH-19XRW Hoverwing™ ground-effect vehicle for industrial, commercial and military sales. It is available to our customers on a ready to run turnkey basis. The Hoverwing™, designed as a high performance hovercraft, is unique because of the ability to add wings for flight in ground-effect. Flying in ground-effect enables you to clear obstacles and fly over rough water at speeds in excess of 75 mph. Cruise altitude is 2 to 6 feet and the craft can jump up to 20 feet to clear large obstacles. Operating in ground-effect does not require a pilots license, and the craft is registered as a boat which brings a wide range of new opportunities to the commercial and tourism industry. Removing the wings from the Hoverwing™ takes just 10 minutes. With the wings removed the Hoverwing™ converts into Sport mode, a sleek high performance hovercraft, able to carry 4 to 6 passengers into areas that cant be reached with any other vehicle. The Hoverwing™ can be configured in many different ways to accommodate your passengers or equipment needs. Notice: the 19XRW Hoverwing™ is not yet available for recreational use. Commercial, industrial, rescue, and military inquires only.

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An excerpt from King Schools' "Takeoffs and Landings Made Easy" course. Click here to purchase tinyurl.com Did you know that an airplane flies better within one wingspan of the ground? In this video, John King explains "Ground Effect" and the two problems it creates. KINGS Takeoffs and Landings Made Easy course With this course you'll change takeoffs and landings from a trial to a joy. You'll impress your passengers (and yourself) with flawless takeoffs and landings even in stiff crosswinds. Exciting live-action video puts you in the cockpit, at the controls, giving you the sight picture you need for approaches and flares that will have your wheels softly kissing the ground. You learn how to see at a glance whether you're too high, too low or off to one side and you'll gain the tools you need to put yourself right back on the rail. You'll even learn how to recover gracefully from the rare botched flare or touchdown. When you're done you'll be one of the countless KING students who say, "I learned to land by watching your course." For the complete King Schools selection, please visit www.kingschools.com

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New "Flying Train" prototype: Apart from aerodynamic drag, trains usually suffer from mechanical resistance in their drive system as well as rolling resistance from the wheels on the track. Researchers at the Kohama Laboratory, Institute of Fluid Science at the Tohoku University in Japan (link) tried to lower overall resistance by adapting another aspect of aerodynamics on its Aero-Train concept. Using the aerodynamic wing-in-ground (WIG) effect, the Aero-Train is able to fly above the track at a height of 10 centimetres (4 in). The WIG effect occurs when flying very close to the surface. Cruising at its maximum speed of 500 kilometres per hour (310 mph), the aerodynamic lifting force becomes extremely large with a much smaller drag force. Solar panels are placed on the guide-way's roof, while wind generators are placed alongside in those places where wind energy is generally available. The generated electricity can be fed to the train directly or stored in its on-board batteries. The researchers expect the system to generate much more energy than is consumed by the Aero-Train, thereby making it double as an electric power plant. The next stage in the development is to build a larger Aero-Train prototype with room for six passengers and a maximum operating speed of 350 kilometres per hour (217 mph). The final, full-scale Aero-Train, with a length of 85 metres (279 ft) and seating capacity for 325 passengers, is aimed to begin service in 2020. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS <b>...</b>

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Hovercraft in style. Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you'd ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around fun, this is your vehicle. The UH-18SP will take you places other craft have never been. Convert your UH-18SP hovercraft into the 18SPW Hoverwing™ in less than twenty minutes and fly up to 10 feet high over waves, rocks, beaches and fields in ground effect. The wings roll up and can be stored aboard the craft for easy transportation and rapid deployment. The UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ is the only ground-effect hovercraft to be released as a plan or kit. Ground effect hovercraft operates over any terrain while cruising at an altitude of 4 to 12 feet. Home made from plans available thru Universal Hovercraft.

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Chapman, working with Tony Rudd and Peter Wright, pioneered the first Formula One use of "ground effect", where a partial vacuum was created under the car by use of venturis, generating suction (downforce) which held it securely to the road whilst cornering. Modern Formula One cars generate enough downforce (now generated by wings instead of ground effects) that they could theoretically be driven on a ceiling once they reach about 100 mph. Initially this technique utilized sliding "skirts" which made contact with the ground to keep the area of low pressure isolated. Chapman's next development was a car that generated all of its downforce through ground effects, eliminating wings and the drag that they introduce at high speed. However, skirts were eventually banned, because the skirt could be damaged, for example, from driving over a curb, and downforce would be lost and the car could then become unstable.

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Hovercraft in style. Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you'd ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around fun, this is your vehicle. The UH-18SP will take you places other craft have never been. Convert your UH-18SP hovercraft into the 18SPW Hoverwing™ in less than twenty minutes and fly up to 10 feet high over waves, rocks, beaches and fields in ground effect. The wings roll up and can be stored aboard the craft for easy transportation and rapid deployment. The UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ is the only ground-effect hovercraft to be released as a plan or kit. Ground effect hovercraft operates over any terrain while cruising at an altitude of 4 to 12 feet. Home made from plans available thru Universal Hovercraft.

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Universal Hovercraft is proud to offer the UH-19XRW Hoverwing™ ground-effect vehicle for industrial, commercial and military sales. It is available to our customers on a ready to run turnkey basis. The Hoverwing™, designed as a high performance hovercraft, is unique because of the ability to add wings for flight in ground-effect. Flying in ground-effect enables you to clear obstacles and fly over rough water at speeds in excess of 75 mph. Cruise altitude is 2 to 6 feet and the craft can jump up to 20 feet to clear large obstacles. Operating in ground-effect does not require a pilots license, and the craft is registered as a boat which brings a wide range of new opportunities to the commercial and tourism industry. Removing the wings from the Hoverwing™ takes just 10 minutes. With the wings removed the Hoverwing™ converts into Sport mode, a sleek high performance hovercraft, able to carry 4 to 6 passengers into areas that cant be reached with any other vehicle. The Hoverwing™ can be configured in many different ways to accommodate your passengers or equipment needs.

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website is taken down for revamp. Commerical Ekranoplan flying in Australia, China, South East Asia. The Sea Eagle bridges the gap between maritime and air transportation. Classified as a Class B WIG Craft Class B(Wing-in-Ground Effect Craft) by the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Sea Eagle is basically a hybrid between a boat and an airplane, combining the benefits of both worlds while eliminating most of their disadvantages. We are one of the primary WIG manufacturer in Asia that has achieve Class B Wing in Ground Effect status. Our WIG can withstand inter sea travel, and can do dynamic jump up to 50 meter above the sea. Wing-in-Ground effect crafts skim very low over the water, typically at a height of 10 to 50% of their wing span. Due to the pressure increase under the wing at these low altitudes, the lift generated is up to 80 % greater than when the wings are out of ground effect, and the aerodynamic drag is almost eliminated. This double effect makes wing-in-ground effect crafts extremely efficient vehicles, requiring significantly less fuel than an aircraft needs to cover the same area, with the same payload. Ground effect as a theoretical category is an asymptotic value which decreases with increase of altitude. Theoretically it reduces to zero at very high altitudes. For practical reasons, the IMO has determined that a craft is considered to be in ground effect when its altitude is equivalent to 50 % of the average of its wing chord <b>...</b>

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Video/Animation of a concept for a four person wing in ground effect super yacht tender. www.isaacburrough.com designexposure.co.nz privacy.massey.ac.nz

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Ground Effect is a fast-paced Ekranoplan racing game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available in the App Store now: bit.ly www.glenncorpes.com http The video was recorded on an 8GB iPod Touch 2g Music: A Rock in a Pond (Ground Effect exclusive instrumental) by Diefenbach. Original vocal version from the album, Dark Spinner, available on iTunes. itunes.apple.com

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This was a flight lesson at Toronto Billy Bishop city center airport (CYTZ). A steep takeoff using the principles of ground effect, showed from a great front facing angle in cabin view. The flight instructor/pilot performed the takeoff and allowed me as the student to feel the rudder and yoke controls. Crosswind gusts of 16 from the North (to the right side of the plane). This was performed at my second fight lesson in a Cessna 172 at/out of City Center Billy Bishop airport in Toronto, right by Lake Ontario. We had to takeoff in the opposite direction than last time since we wanted the wind blowing over the wings as much as possible from the front to add lift. The aircraft pulled up at about 95 knots and climbed at a steep angle of about 5 to 10 (according to the altimeter =D) degrees more than is considered normal. As you may have noticed the camera drops into the seat-back at one point in the video. This is due to the increase in positive g-forces as the plane sharply pulled up for takeoff which resulted in the camera feeling much heavier than what people would be used to. I will be uploading the lesson in parts, so that you can choose which part of the flight or airplane you want to watch rather than a big boring clump of video. There will be included (in random order): -Taxi beside airliners (Porter Airlines Dash-8 or Q400 series turboprops) including engine start and runup -Ground effect takeoff -Close pass by traffic -ZERO gravity (weightlessness) -Steep turns -CN <b>...</b>

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SPOILER ALERT: In the new retro-James Bond, Secret Agent 007 novel, "Devil May Care" the villain uses the Caspian Sea Monster Wing-In-Ground (WIG) effect seaplane to smuggle drugs to attack the people of Great Britain and the West. www.amazon.com WIGs are ideal ways for armies to cross oceans--not in bloated surface ships packed with dumbass marines waiting to die like flaming sardines: www.geocities.com Russia should be our strong ally and we should be buying both their jet seaplanes and their WIG transports: www.combatreform.org www.combatreform.org When the American people finally wake up and demand the $$$ BILLIONS they have taken from them be used to provide an EFFECTIVE military we might stop the fatal bloated aircraft carrier racket and fully employ seaplanes...let's hope its not too late when we do. Want to build a 1:144 scale model of the Caspian Sea Monster? www.anigrand.com

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This is Ground Effect v1.1 running on iPhone. The game is now also available on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, with full support for it's fold out Playstation controller. XPeria video coming soon.

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openflight.org - Aquaglide 5 passenger Russian Wing-in-Ground Effect Hovercraft A small passenger WIG-craft of Type A (cannot leave wing-in-ground effect) under the IMO classification designed for transportation of five people, with speeds of up to 170 km/h and a range of 450 km. This is a very fast and extremely low-flying WIG/hovercraft hybrid and is capable of traveling short distances over ground as well with an inflatable hovercraft skirt. Aquaglide was designed and built in accordance with the requirements of the Interim Guidelines for wing-in-ground (WIG) craft approved by The Maritime Safety Committee of International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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The key Ekronoplane technology was developed in the Soviet Union primarily for military applications. There have been many military, commercial and consumer variants of the design from huge transports to the current Tekseed llc autonomous VTRIX sensor platform project. Smaller Ekronoplanes are classified as watercraft, not aircraft, so no pilot's license or training is required for operation. The most modern version of the Ekronoplane is called the GET for Ground Effect Transport. By using ground effect these transport craft can carry large payloads over great distances faster and with greater fuel efficiency than conventional air or watercrafts. The passenger model is perfect for personal island hopping, water taxies, and law enforcement such as drug intervention and homeland protection. The Tekseed llc ground effect autonomous sensor platform was designed for environmental monitoring, treat assessment and many other scientific and law enforcement applications.

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- Ground Effect does not require 3D glasses. - Stereo mode is much clearer on the iPhone or iPod Touch than it is in this video. - If you have other colored 3D glasses, check my other videos. - Ground Effect in non-3D mode is one of the smoothest and fastest games on the iPhone or iPod Touch.

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TEST RUNS OF MODEL WING IN GROUND EFFECT CRAFT(type A) weight: 19.5Kg span: 2.1M power:0.73hp x 2 cruising speed:76+Km/Hr

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Aron-7 Wing-in-Ground-Effect (WIG) Seaplane is a Korean design for a 5-passenger, kevlar-reinforced sport seaplane type B (can jump out of Ground Effect) openflight.org

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www.sea-eagle.org is Selling the craft. The Sea Eagle bridges the gap between maritime and air transportation. Classified as a Class B WIG Craft Class B(Wing-in-Ground Effect Craft) by the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Sea Eagle is basically a hybrid between a boat and an airplane, combining the benefits of both worlds while eliminating most of their disadvantages. We are one of the primary WIG manufacturer in Asia that has achieve Class B Wing in Ground Effect status. Our WIG can withstand inter sea travel, and can do dynamic jump up to 50 meter above the sea. Wing-in-Ground effect crafts skim very low over the water, typically at a height of 10 to 50% of their wing span. Due to the pressure increase under the wing at these low altitudes, the lift generated is up to 80 % greater than when the wings are out of ground effect, and the aerodynamic drag is almost eliminated. This double effect makes wing-in-ground effect crafts extremely efficient vehicles, requiring significantly less fuel than an aircraft needs to cover the same area, with the same payload. Ground effect as a theoretical category is an asymptotic value which decreases with increase of altitude. Theoretically it reduces to zero at very high altitudes. For practical reasons, the IMO has determined that a craft is considered to be in ground effect when its altitude is equivalent to 50 % of the average of its wing chord. * WIG craft reduces the cost of IMO licensing of the craft <b>...</b>

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Fight characteristics: Advancing the throttle above 2000 RPM with bring the craft up on cushion and begin a slow acceleration. This rpm is used to depart the landing zone. Advancing the throttle to full (3600 rpm) will rapidly accelerate the craft. On a calm day the craft will achieve 50+ mph in just 6 seconds or 350 feet. After the craft is airborne it flies similarly to a small airplane. Moving the joystick left causes a slight bank and shallow turn. Because the craft is not fitted with ailerons it skids thru the turns much like a hovercraft. At cruise speed (45 to 50 mph) the craft rides very smooth. You can pass over waves without feeling any effect. Scale modeling: Nearly 25 scale models were constructed before the first tandem wing craft assembly began. This is the way we test most of our craft. It is much easier to make corrections in a styrofoam model than in a full size prototype. We tested wing angles, surface areas, 2,3 and 4 wing models, propeller angle, single propeller and dual propeller, weight and balance issues, control combinations and many different wing tip styles. Terrain capability: Most people are surprised to see this craft drive from the water to the land much like a typical hovercraft. This was a very important consideration while developing the craft. It had to be self launching (land to water) and able to transition under its own power from the water back up onto the land. This is made easy by the positioning of the propellers. They are slanted <b>...</b>

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From Research done at Auburn University Adaptive Aerostructures Lab

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Paul Ricard, Dec. 1980. Williams and Alan Jones tried out a car without suspensions to seek max ground effect under the new no-skirt rule. Taken from 1981 BBC Horizon show "Gentlemen, Lift Your Skirts."

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N950ME landing and flying ground effect at Warrenton Fauquier Airport, KHWY on July 16, 2009 at 5:05 PM

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Human created many vehicles. Aircraft, which mastered the element of air has long ago ceased to seem miraculously. Considerably earlier ships subjugated the element of water. But restless human mind couldn't stop. And then a vehicle appears, taking off from water, rising above it, but not leaving it. What is it? Plane which can float? Or ship, which can fly? What is it? Such miracle of technological thought,, which exists on the edge of two elements? Following aircrafts are featuring in this film: SM-1, SM-2, BE-1, VVA-14, "Skat", "Kalmar", "Omar", "Jeyran", "Zubr", KM ("Caspian Monster"), SM-5, SM-8, SM-6, "Orlenok", "Lun", "Volga-2", "Strizh", "Ivolga", "Aquaglide". - This is adocumentary of "Wings of Russia" studio about history of development of Russian Aviation. It contains a lot of unique video footage. The documentary speaks about creation and development of fighters, bombers, helicopters, reconnaissance planes, hydro-planes, planes of civilian Aviation and also about sport and training Aviation, in the USSR and Russia.

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Sorry its in Russian! :( Note: The 6-engined jet at 0:40 is the Antonov 225, which is presently the largest aircraft in the world, period. Its a cargo transporter and its cargo bay is so large it can hold most of the assembled components of a Boeing 747. The Russian space shuttle Buran can be attached to its back for transport as well. The aircraft at 1:23 is the Orlyonok ekranoplan, which as of October 2007 is in the process of being restored for an upcoming Russian aircraft exhibition in Moscow. (Or at least, that's what I've read on the net.) There are thought to be maybe one or two other surviving Orlyonoks besides this one. The aircraft at 7:35 is the Lun ekranoplan, which is based on the KM 'Caspian Sea Monster', but smaller. From the wikipedia article: An ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н, literally "screen plane") is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but which operates solely on the principle of ground effect (in Russian эффект экрана effekt ekrana - from which the name derived). Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle. Ekranoplan design was conceived by revolutionary Soviet engineer Rostislav Alexeev. During the Cold War, ekranoplans were sighted for years on the Caspian Sea as huge, fast-moving objects. The name Caspian Sea Monster was given by US intelligence operatives who had spotted the huge vehicle, which looked like an airplane with the outer halves of the wings removed <b>...</b>

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trustseo.com New web sites sites.google.com In 1997 FischerFlugmechanik granted a license to Flightship Ground Effect Pty for an 8-seated Ground Effect Craft of the first Generation. The craft was designed and built at AFD Airfoil Development GmbH. The design is based on the well proven Airfish design, and is intended to be used as a fast over water taxi. Flightship Ground Effect Pty intends to produce this craft under license. During the development of Airfish8, it was attempted to receive a classification for this Ground Effect Craft as a ship, which finally led to the success Airfish8 is certified now. FF was founded 1979 by Hanno Fischer based of his 30-years job experience as technical director of Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH (RFB), to implement his acquired knowledge in research, evolution and manufacturing of civil and military aircrafts, as well as military ground effect vehicles to business application. Based on work by Dr. Lippisch Hanno Fischer together with his business partner Klaus Matjasic developed the first civil ground effect vehicles called Airfish. The Airfoil Development GmbH (AFD) was founded 1997 by Klaus Matjasic and Hanno Fischer to evolve and produce, commissioned by an asian investor, an 8-seat ground effect vehicle by using the Airfish technology. In result of this project the AFD GmbH gets the official approval as the first worldwide producer in case of ground effect vehicles by the "Germanischer Lloyd". The AFD also gets the 2011 Thanks to the #1 <b>...</b>

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New web sites: www.wingship.webs.com sites.google.com www.hoverwing.webs.com In 1997 FischerFlugmechanik granted a license to Flightship Ground Effect Pty for an 8-seated Ground Effect Craft of the first Generation. The craft was designed and built at AFD Airfoil Development GmbH. The design is based on the well proven Airfish design, and is intended to be used as a fast over water taxi. Flightship Ground Effect Pty intends to produce this craft under license. During the development of Airfish8, it was attempted to receive a classification for this Ground Effect Craft as a ship, which finally led to the success Airfish8 is certified now. FF was founded 1979 by Hanno Fischer based of his 30-years job experience as technical director of Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH (RFB), to implement his acquired knowledge in research, evolution and manufacturing of civil and military aircrafts, as well as military ground effect vehicles to business application. Based on work by Dr. Lippisch Hanno Fischer together with his business partner Klaus Matjasic developed the first civil ground effect vehicles called Airfish. The Airfoil Development GmbH (AFD) was founded 1997 by Klaus Matjasic and Hanno Fischer to evolve and produce, commissioned by an asian investor, an 8-seat ground effect vehicle by using the Airfish technology. In result of this project the AFD GmbH gets the official approval as the first worldwide producer in case of ground effect vehicles by the "Germanischer Lloyd". The AFD also <b>...</b>

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This shows the induced flow down through the rotor system on an aircraft at a hover in ground effect and then out of ground effect. It also associates growth of rotortip vortices.

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Cette animation est née de l'idée de visualiser le prototype en situation afin de mieux l'étudier. Le résultat permet également d'appuyer une argumentation auprès de toutes les parties prenantes du projet.

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More at: www.avweb.com New Zealander (he's half Australian) Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft into a wing in ground effect vehicle, and now it's for sale. Heeman says he's found the ideal flight altitude under the vehicle's 7-meter wingspan to be about 1.5 meters, over flat water or land, where he reached a top speed of about 60 mph in a test.

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News clip about David Borman's SeaPhantom ground-effect boat. For more information see www.seaphantom.com

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First test of the hoverwing project - or ground effect sea plane.

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New web sites: sites.google.com www.hoverwing.webs.com www.wingship.webs.com AirFish-8 (ex. Flightship FS8) is a 17m wing-in-ground craft constructed by the Airfoil Development (AFD) in the Germany as a prototype craft for commercial production. It is designed with a capacity of six passengers and two crews or, alternatively, 750 kg payload and two crews. The design is based on earlier AirFish design principles and features a classic Lippisch's reverse delta wing configuration. Classification of the craft was first handled by Germanischer Lloyd in the Germany and later by the Lloyd's Register in Australia. The AirFish-8 provides efficient low cost transportation at intermediate speeds between that of the typical ocean going vessel and the conventional aircraft. The major capital cost advantage of ground effect vessels over aircraft is their classification as marine craft. This classification applies to all construction, registration, operator licensing and maintenance requirements and allows a lower construction cost as opposed to an aircraft or helicopters production cost. Under the IMO legislation, the AF8 is classified as a Type A WIG craft, in the category of marine vessel. In order for the technology to become widespread and accepted internationally, it is imperative that AF8 is certified by an international certification authority. Such certification is a powerful endorsement to the technology's viability and safety. Our AF8-001 was previously certified by <b>...</b>

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This is a 8 seater WIG craft based on Tandem concept, inventor and designer by German Gunther Jorg (Botec GmbH). It is also called as flairboat. This is a 40 years concept with production a lot of prototypes (aprox. 12 crafts) from 2 seats till 12 seats and it has win worldwide award. Visit his web www.airfoil.de or www.airfoil-tandem.com

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