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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
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Ground Effect Sailboat
Joe,
In a word,
NO
Matt
Joe wrote:
DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
Could it work?
http://www.schoellmarine.com/images/index/1b.jpg
Sure.
What do you think and air cushion vehicle is? There is a
whole subset of aircraft called Wing-In-Ground-Effect
(abbrev WIG) vehicles, designed to only fly within ten or
fifteen feet of the ground. The Russian air force used a
number of them for utility vehicles.
That said, the picture doesn't really show us much.
http://www.se-technology.com/wig/htm...en=hist&code=0
So you think a sailboat could be made to use surface effect lift?
Joe
Fresh Breezes- Doug King
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