200 km/h? Seem's like a waste. I mean the whole point is to be a lot faster than ships. Destriero can do 110 km/h, and it's 70m long. I don't see any point in building small ekranoplans.
Who said in the video that is the first WIG craft? Of course Russians and Germans are pioneers in this craft technology. Koreans just continue their work in our days for commercial applications and not millitary.
The true is that this Korea WIG craft is not the first commercial craft worldwide. First commercial WIG craft was Amphistar USAXplorer (Russia 5seater Ekranoplan in Bahamas, 1998) and now is updated in Aquaglide-5 and operates in Russia and UAE. The second commercial WIG craft was the German 8seater Airfish-8 (or Flightship FS8) and now is located in Singapore waters.
This Korea craft has aerodynamic problems (big drag). The cover from the engine has removed compared with the pictures of the craft in company web site. All WIG crafts are very limited in airborn capabilities (no barrel rolls etc.) in high altitudes and this craft is not a aircraft, they flaring in ground effect mode.
@flightboat How is the Airfish 8 doing sales wise? have they managed to sell any and to who? how much would one cost. Why did it fail as an australian venture? can only one person sail the airfish 8. all the info so far says it needs two crew. thats a lot for 6 pasengers and damages its attractiveness as a commercial craft.
Airfish-8 is not in mass production, so they have not selling to none and they don't have selling price. The prototype was build in Germany, the Singaporean company has failed till today to reproduced it, they don't have any experience in this field. Australian venture has failed because Managing Director hase tried to build something else than prototype, so their partner decide to stop the partneship. Any commercial high speed craft (above 40 knots) must have 2 crew members.
@flightboat If two crew are needed then a 6 passenger craft will never be a commercial success. Much more passenger capacity would be needed, minimum 50 seats. I hear a Korean venture was attempting a 50 seater craft. Have you any information on this and when that will become available?
Do you have any study make for Airfish-8 to show you the succes or not? No. I told you that because I have studies in my hand that said it is succesful. The crew only doesn't only count in operating cost. Yes Korea company Wingship Technology Corp. has build a 50 seater WIG craft. This craft will be available this September.
@flightboat Paper never refuses print. just because a study concludes that it should be successful commercially doesn't necessarily mean that it will be a commercial success. I still attest that only much larger craft 50+ works commercially. The Korean's seem to have the best chance.
So if you have something to proving your words then give us a print, otherwise your words don't have value. The numbers are count not words. Try to find some studies from internet from other sources to see that you are wrong.
@flightboat With all due respect, you've proved my conclusion that a small craft that can carry only 6 passengers needing two crew will fail by categorizing the list of commercial failures already in your post just above this. Without a larger cargo capacity be it freight or passengers a small craft will be of very limited value to anybody outside of pleasure or military uses. I do see a big opportunity for the company that can build a craft that can carry commercial jet sized payloads.
@flightboat Pacific Seaflight is another stab at the commercialization of small payload WiG craft that's seemed to have stalled before it could be put into operation.
CEO of the company is my friend, Linus couldn;t purchase this craft because Australian company that manufactured Flightship FS8 has closed before deliver the craft to Linus and the second one, Blue Dolphin has problem in certification as WIG craft Type B and also an accident last year. I'm in the field of WIG craft 9 years, so let me to know more about this.
@flightboat Yes, I read their development timeline on their partner website Pacific Seaflight. Everything was going well throughout 2007 then it stopped abruptly with no new development after July 2007 recorded. I'm looking for a larger capacity WiG craft that I can promote in my home ferry market in Northern Europe. I see huge advantages to WiG but have yet to find a truly commercialized operation.
Pacific Seaflight will going on with Korean WSH-500 and German Hoverwing 20, a 23 seater WIG craft. If you visit my web site with hoverwing will see both crafts. Hoverwing 20 is close to finish the production of prototype and they have orders for 10 more for Indonesia. Tommorow I will fly to Germany to see it. Or send me you email to send you some data about this or feasability study for Airfish-8, which is suitable as sea taxi operation and not as ferry.
@flightboat I've emailed you me contact details. I look forward to knowing more about the large passenger capacity Hoverwing and WSH-500 craft. You obviously build up a vast amount of knowledge studying this technology.
@flightboat Am I correct in saying that there is two centres of manufacture, Germany (Hoverwing) and Korea (WSH) The Hoverwing 20 being manufactured in Germany and the WSH 500 being made in Korea under licence? I couldn't find any information on the Indonesian buyer, are they a ferry operator?
Try to clarify the following paragraphs: The application of Airfish-8 is as sea taxi and for private use and as a ultra fast patrol boat, Korean's WIG craft, WSH-500 (or other WIG crafts at this class) usability is as local ferry (cargo and passengers) or millitary use. It is very simple.
@flightboat I've been researching WiG and come across FlareCraft, a 5 seater WiG craft. It looks to have had stability problems and crashed bringing the company with it. Interestingly, the specification was for a single operator. How come other WiG craft require two operators?
In fact this is a craft that can utilizise ground effect, only few meters from the surface the "ground effect" is effective, this depends from the size of chord wing.
@flightboat
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ryanlyc 5 months ago
Wan't it TOO dangerous flying SO close to the ground?
ryanlyc 5 months ago
@ryanlyc
It is not a aircraft to fly dangerously at this height but a WIG craft which is special design for this purpose.
flightboat 5 months ago
200 km/h? Seem's like a waste. I mean the whole point is to be a lot faster than ships. Destriero can do 110 km/h, and it's 70m long. I don't see any point in building small ekranoplans.
HvPman 9 months ago
@HvPman Get to places a 70 meter boat can't at 200kph?
Daggur 6 months ago
@Daggur But a small boat that is a lot cheaper can? Mmm, I don't think so.
HvPman 6 months ago
This is not the first the Russians made such ships WAYY before the Koreans, and WAYYY bigger too :) Google Ekranoplan
lostinseganet 2 years ago
Who said in the video that is the first WIG craft? Of course Russians and Germans are pioneers in this craft technology. Koreans just continue their work in our days for commercial applications and not millitary.
flightboat 2 years ago
The video stated it. I need to look at it again.
lostinseganet 2 years ago
The true is that this Korea WIG craft is not the first commercial craft worldwide. First commercial WIG craft was Amphistar USAXplorer (Russia 5seater Ekranoplan in Bahamas, 1998) and now is updated in Aquaglide-5 and operates in Russia and UAE. The second commercial WIG craft was the German 8seater Airfish-8 (or Flightship FS8) and now is located in Singapore waters.
flightboat 2 years ago
Still it's a cool boat. I wonder if it can do barrel rolls (^_^)
lostinseganet 2 years ago
This Korea craft has aerodynamic problems (big drag). The cover from the engine has removed compared with the pictures of the craft in company web site. All WIG crafts are very limited in airborn capabilities (no barrel rolls etc.) in high altitudes and this craft is not a aircraft, they flaring in ground effect mode.
flightboat 2 years ago
@flightboat How is the Airfish 8 doing sales wise? have they managed to sell any and to who? how much would one cost. Why did it fail as an australian venture? can only one person sail the airfish 8. all the info so far says it needs two crew. thats a lot for 6 pasengers and damages its attractiveness as a commercial craft.
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
Airfish-8 is not in mass production, so they have not selling to none and they don't have selling price. The prototype was build in Germany, the Singaporean company has failed till today to reproduced it, they don't have any experience in this field. Australian venture has failed because Managing Director hase tried to build something else than prototype, so their partner decide to stop the partneship. Any commercial high speed craft (above 40 knots) must have 2 crew members.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat If two crew are needed then a 6 passenger craft will never be a commercial success. Much more passenger capacity would be needed, minimum 50 seats. I hear a Korean venture was attempting a 50 seater craft. Have you any information on this and when that will become available?
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
Do you have any study make for Airfish-8 to show you the succes or not? No. I told you that because I have studies in my hand that said it is succesful. The crew only doesn't only count in operating cost. Yes Korea company Wingship Technology Corp. has build a 50 seater WIG craft. This craft will be available this September.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat Paper never refuses print. just because a study concludes that it should be successful commercially doesn't necessarily mean that it will be a commercial success. I still attest that only much larger craft 50+ works commercially. The Korean's seem to have the best chance.
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
So if you have something to proving your words then give us a print, otherwise your words don't have value. The numbers are count not words. Try to find some studies from internet from other sources to see that you are wrong.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat With all due respect, you've proved my conclusion that a small craft that can carry only 6 passengers needing two crew will fail by categorizing the list of commercial failures already in your post just above this. Without a larger cargo capacity be it freight or passengers a small craft will be of very limited value to anybody outside of pleasure or military uses. I do see a big opportunity for the company that can build a craft that can carry commercial jet sized payloads.
evantis121 5 months ago
@flightboat Pacific Seaflight is another stab at the commercialization of small payload WiG craft that's seemed to have stalled before it could be put into operation.
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
CEO of the company is my friend, Linus couldn;t purchase this craft because Australian company that manufactured Flightship FS8 has closed before deliver the craft to Linus and the second one, Blue Dolphin has problem in certification as WIG craft Type B and also an accident last year. I'm in the field of WIG craft 9 years, so let me to know more about this.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat Yes, I read their development timeline on their partner website Pacific Seaflight. Everything was going well throughout 2007 then it stopped abruptly with no new development after July 2007 recorded. I'm looking for a larger capacity WiG craft that I can promote in my home ferry market in Northern Europe. I see huge advantages to WiG but have yet to find a truly commercialized operation.
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
Pacific Seaflight will going on with Korean WSH-500 and German Hoverwing 20, a 23 seater WIG craft. If you visit my web site with hoverwing will see both crafts. Hoverwing 20 is close to finish the production of prototype and they have orders for 10 more for Indonesia. Tommorow I will fly to Germany to see it. Or send me you email to send you some data about this or feasability study for Airfish-8, which is suitable as sea taxi operation and not as ferry.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat I've emailed you me contact details. I look forward to knowing more about the large passenger capacity Hoverwing and WSH-500 craft. You obviously build up a vast amount of knowledge studying this technology.
evantis121 5 months ago
@flightboat Am I correct in saying that there is two centres of manufacture, Germany (Hoverwing) and Korea (WSH) The Hoverwing 20 being manufactured in Germany and the WSH 500 being made in Korea under licence? I couldn't find any information on the Indonesian buyer, are they a ferry operator?
evantis121 5 months ago
@evantis121
Try to clarify the following paragraphs: The application of Airfish-8 is as sea taxi and for private use and as a ultra fast patrol boat, Korean's WIG craft, WSH-500 (or other WIG crafts at this class) usability is as local ferry (cargo and passengers) or millitary use. It is very simple.
flightboat 5 months ago
@flightboat I've been researching WiG and come across FlareCraft, a 5 seater WiG craft. It looks to have had stability problems and crashed bringing the company with it. Interestingly, the specification was for a single operator. How come other WiG craft require two operators?
evantis121 5 months ago
@lostinseganet - who cares who was first?? These guys are doing a brilliant job improving this technology...
manoman0 1 year ago
In fact this is a craft that can utilizise ground effect, only few meters from the surface the "ground effect" is effective, this depends from the size of chord wing.
flightboat 2 years ago
this is "Ground effect vehicle"
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