ekranoplan FTW!

Added on December 1st, 2009 by mld | Report Post
Tags:Military, Technology

will it take off?

A little, but that’s all was designed to do.

silly ruskies..

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RSIxidor (#950)

16 years ago

These are actually pretty fucking awesome.

Adrian (#1075)

16 years ago

Looks like a design for a for a flash attack.

origuy (#8028)

16 years ago

I remember hearing about this sweet ride. It was a ground effect vehicle (Wiki it) that could put 600 troops on the beach in a hurry. It’s fate was to never be used beyond testing, and to rust out at it’s dock. Sad really… 8-{

wardlowe (#5733)

16 years ago

This technology has also been used by the U.S. The Coast Guard had ships that used the same ground effect. They were called Surface Effect Ships (SES’).

Blaggun (#4236)

16 years ago

Making NATO crapping its pants since 1972…

jediadept (#3758)

16 years ago

Ever since I’d first become aware of the ekranoplan concept, I thought that Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose would have had a better chance of commercial viability if this approach had been taken.

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sperzu (#9216)

16 years ago

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&om=0&t=k&ll=42.881774,47.657281&spn=0.002921,0.006968&z=18

atkinson (#2026)

16 years ago

“The International Maritime Organization recognizes three classes of ground effect crafts:

1. Type A cannot operate out of ground effect.
2. Type B can jump to clear obstacles by converting kinetic energy (speed) into potential energy (height), but cannot maintain flight without the support of the ground effect.
3. Type C are certified as aircraft, with the ability to operate safely and efficiently in ground effect.
GEVs are not aircraft and can be certified as boats.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan#Classification

Funny, if this is not an “atkinson” post, you don’t scream… You ASSHOLES!
Atk