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A plane that thinks it's a boat
Sönke Gäthke
WALK along the River Warnow, in SeaFalcon is really is a ground-effect vehicle. It flies only over water and only two metres above that water
Economist - UK
The hovercraft differed from the vehicles designed by Dr Puls and Dr Fischer because it relied on creating its own cushion of air, rather than having one ...
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WORLD'S LARGEST HEAVY LIFT HOVER BARGE LAUNCHED IN THE SWAMPS OF SURINAME
The challenge was to provide a stable oil well drilling and equipment platform in the environmentally sensitive swamp areas of Northern Suriname. The innovative design enabled the hover barge to be assembled on a remote site at the edge of the swamp. The hover barge is 170ft by 90ft, weighs 900 gross tons with a 330 ton payload. The hover height is 4ft and when on hover, only exerts 1psi ground pressure. It features a 40ft by 10ft keyway slot which allows the hover barge to move away from the well head once drilling is completed. more details... |
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