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Wing in ground effect aircraft/vessels

Wing in ground effect aircraft/vessels

Wing in ground effect aircraft/vessels

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Does anybody on this list have any experience/interest in WIGs? (Aircraft that are designed to fly within one wingspan or less of the ground, usually water.)

RE: Wing in ground effect aircraft/vessels

Russians made operative WIGs a long time ago  (http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/RAFAQ/WIG.html).
Maybe you could consult them somehow?!?  It is worth noting that they call them Ekranoplans.

RE: Wing in ground effect aircraft/vessels

The americans are working on one or is it the canadians?? its a small piper152 sized job... cant for the life of me remember what he company is called though...

have a look at
http://www.mhtc.net/~vweber/WeberWig.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4346/S90.htm
http://www.amsc.belvoir.army.mil/ground_effect.htm

or do a search on yahoo or similar for ground effect transport. you will turn up loads of sites.

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