Little more wing/high speed but if anything is going fast enough it's going to fly. The point of the ekrano planes was they needed alot less power to maintain height in ground effect that a plane needed for free flight, but could still go at speeds similar to that of an aircraft. This is not an ekranoplane, it's a 'hoverwing'. It's not clear from the video whether there is another engine for lift, or whether the lift is generated as a result of propulsion.
There's no other engine for lift, it's the ground effect itself, that is causing the lift, much over 20feet or so above the water, and the craft will lose it's lift.
Yes. The extra lift comes from ground effect (the compression of the air between the wings and the ground) and as you rightly say, will decrease with height.
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billpage 2 years ago
Here there! Where do I buy one of those things? And how much is it?
pPeterGriffin 2 years ago
Im new tothis stuff so I half to ask what kind if licence do you need for that
brandonse167 2 years ago 2
Its licensed as a boat and thats the only license you need . It doesn't go high enough for the FAA to worry about it (at least so far :-)
countrylivinone 2 years ago
@countrylivinone the FAA will probably try to milk some money out of it some how anyways.
mattbaldea 1 year ago
Pretty damn cool. Is this thing made from a kit or built from scratch? Someone has balls to fly that under a bridge.
237KMT 2 years ago
Very cool machine. How much lift are you getting from the wing, at higher speeds? Little more wing and some ailerons and you're flying.
warderseeker 3 years ago
Little more wing/high speed but if anything is going fast enough it's going to fly. The point of the ekrano planes was they needed alot less power to maintain height in ground effect that a plane needed for free flight, but could still go at speeds similar to that of an aircraft. This is not an ekranoplane, it's a 'hoverwing'. It's not clear from the video whether there is another engine for lift, or whether the lift is generated as a result of propulsion.
brido88 2 years ago
There's no other engine for lift, it's the ground effect itself, that is causing the lift, much over 20feet or so above the water, and the craft will lose it's lift.
warderseeker 2 years ago
Yes. The extra lift comes from ground effect (the compression of the air between the wings and the ground) and as you rightly say, will decrease with height.
brido88 2 years ago
Na I was past the bridge before lift off :-) But I have flown under that bridge before.
countrylivinone 3 years ago
That looked like a close call on that bridge !
yardbird2000 3 years ago
wow. real and small ekranoplan.
lexaZyo 4 years ago
indeed :)
5Fiend 4 years ago
Sweet
morrisonak 4 years ago