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  1. Stargazer

    Sea Cheetah hydrogen WIG

    Source: AEROSPACE Magazine, November 2024 Official website: https://seacheetah.com/
  2. A

    Aerodynamics Question for the Wing Experts: Ugrinsky or Revolving-Wing?

    Hi, I am undergraduate engineering student. I asked this question on 2 different engineering forums but got very strange and unhelpful replies. So I thought I would try the AIRCRAFT experts here. = ) There are 2 mysterious VAWT wind turbine designs floating on the Internet. The Ugrinsky...
  3. L

    DARPA / Aurora Flight Sciences / GA-ASI Liberty Lifter WIG

    https://defence-blog.com/u-s-military-is-now-seeking-a-ground-effect-craft/?amp
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    • 2020s airlift aurora flight sciences cold war ii defense advanced research projects agency general atomics post cold war transport wing in ground
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. M

    French startup Aqualines WIG project

    https://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/aeronautique/mi-avion-mi-bateau-l-incroyable-projet-de-la-start-up-aqualines_770501 translation.
  5. RavenOne

    REGENT Sea Glider , Electric powered cross channel WIG

    My wife pointed this out just now https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-57483048 https://www.regentcraft.com/ cheers
  6. V

    Large Weilandcraft is built

    The United States has never built an ekranoplan comparable in size to the KM or Lun ekranoplan, although the Aerocon Wingship, Boeing Pelican ULTRA, and Large Weilandcraft are the closest the US ever came to designing giant transport ekranoplans. The Large Weilandcraft would have been a colossus...
  7. M

    Nuclear Ekranoplan 'Smelost'

    I just have to share this link. This SF - Ekranoplan looks just WOW! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/o0z3J (pictures added)
  8. Jemiba

    Dornier WIG Projects

    Triggered by the Lippisch developments, that were tested with the X-113 on Lake Constance, Dornier started research in that field during the 1970s, too, called "Stauflügelgerät" (. One project for a commercial transport was the P.477 for up to 27 passengers. Another one, designation unknown...
  9. Stargazer

    Naval Surface Warfare Center/NAVAIR Battleforce Seaplane designs

    Source: THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF MATURING TECHNOLOGY UPON FUTURE SEAPLANES by Mr. August Bellanca & Ms. Carey Matthews, April 2005
    • Stargazer
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    • 1990s 2000s defense advanced research projects agency early 21st century late 20th century navair naval air systems command naval surface warfare center carderock division nswc carderock division office of naval research post-cold war seaplane war on terror wig wing in ground
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. hesham

    Alexeyev Design Bureau Hydrofoil And WIG Designs

    Hi, Please note the designs of Alexeyev. http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=IJOm1XDn0moC&printsec=frontcover&dq=aircraft+joined-wing&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=true
    • hesham
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    • central hydrofoil design bureau cold war commonwealth of independent states hydrofoil post-cold war red fleet russian federation soviet navy soviet union sukhoi ussr wig wing in ground
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. hesham

    U.S. Wing-in-Ground (WIG) studies

    Hi, Lockheed Martin sea-based Wing-in-Ground effect (WIG) transport aircraft for transporting 250,000 lb. (113, 397 kg) of cargo over 6,000 miles at 400 to 450 knots (517.8 miles per hr.) (courtesy of Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems)...
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    Various Ekranoplane and WIG projects

    Hi to all. WIG-projects by Ecolen company, Russia Info and mor pix see in www.avicopress.ru Regards
  13. R

    Soviet unbuilt Naval projects

    For counter Ticonderoga Class, Soviet also want a new class fighting ship which could be build in scores. Afterall, the Kirov class is too expensive. So here we see a new class that looks nuch similar with Ticonderoga. [EDIT: Not a real project - MODERATOR]
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    • battleships cold war cruiser destroyer red fleet soviet navy soviet union ussr wing in ground
    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  14. flateric

    Boeing LOBOY Anti-submarine WIG, 1965

    In the mid-1960s, the Boeing Company published a study for a concept of LOBOY, a wing-in-ground effect ASW aircraft. This concept was unusual because the vehicle had a wing aspect ratio of 12, much greater than conventional WIGs with aspect ratios of from 1 to 5. Also, the wings did not have end...
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