March 31, 20188 yr Ah - a WIGE craft! It looked strangely graceful skimming the water. I wonder what altitude it can get to? And do you need to be a pilot or a sailor to drive such a craft?? Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 1, 20188 yr 4 hours ago, HighBypass said: Ah - a WIGE craft! It looked strangely graceful skimming the water. I wonder what altitude it can get to? And do you need to be a pilot or a sailor to drive such a craft?? I also wonder what the maximum wave height it can handle. If you go far out to sea and the waves get higher it might interfere with the ground effect. John
April 1, 20188 yr Looks a little iffy to me. If that wingtip 'touches' a swell at 112 mph (or should we use 'knots' ?) the ground effect wouldn't save it ? I'm pretty sure that the wing would suffer before any correction could be made. Like the hovercraft, I wonder what maximum swell it could 'fly' over....there must be a pretty low limit I imagine. Regards Bill i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
April 1, 20188 yr Definitely looks elegant, gliding this low above the water. Somehow reminds me of a ray. But can this really be the "future" of marine travel? I would hope not with an old propulsion concept based on burning fossil fuels. Its source of energy should come from Hydrogen fuel cells - this is what I call future. Apart from that I would love to try it in P3D Cheers Frank Frank Hoehn I7-6700K, Asus Z170-A, 32GB DDR4, GeForce GTX 1070, Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (P3D), WD Blue 4TB, Win10 Pro 1803, P3Dv4.4
April 1, 20188 yr You can try it for real using no fuel at all (well a few calories burned maybe!) Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
April 1, 20188 yr Wow, that's cool. I need to tinker this together with my kids. Many Thanks, Mark! Best Regards Frank Frank Hoehn I7-6700K, Asus Z170-A, 32GB DDR4, GeForce GTX 1070, Samsung 850 Evo 500GB, Samsung 850 Evo 1TB (P3D), WD Blue 4TB, Win10 Pro 1803, P3Dv4.4
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