ground-effect craft

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• Ground effect vehicle — A ground effect vehicle, wing in ground effect vehicle (WIG), flarecraft, sea skimmer, ekranoplan, or wing in surface effect ship (WISE) is a vehicle that attains level flight near the surface of the Earth, made possible by a cushion of high… …   Wikipedia

• Ground effect in aircraft — Aircraft may be affected by a number of ground effects, aerodynamic effects due to a flying body s proximity to the ground.One of the most important of these effects is the Wing In Ground effect, which refers to the reduction in drag experienced… …   Wikipedia

• List of ground effect vehicles — The following is a list of WIG or wing in ground effect craft, also referred to as water skimming Wingships or, in Russia, ekranoplans )(These does not include list of flying boats and seaplanes)AustraliaCommercial Ferry, private seaplane… …   Wikipedia

• ground-effect machine — noun a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines • Syn: ↑hovercraft • Hypernyms: ↑craft * * * ¦ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : an air cushion vehicle for traveling over land or water * * * /grownd i fekt /. See ACV …   Useful english dictionary

• Sea Eagle (WIG craft) — thumb|300px|right Sea Eagle International Pty Ltd started in 2005 in Australia by Chris Holloway, a shipbuilder and an initiator in Australia for wing in effect development. The Sea Eagle Craft is first few of its kind that is commercialized in… …   Wikipedia

• United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance — See also: United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces The United States Marine Corps have many reconnaissance elements that are valuable to a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) by providing the force and component commanders [i …   Wikipedia

• Oberth effect — In astronautics, the Oberth effect is where the use of a rocket engine when travelling at high speed generates much more useful energy than one at low speed. Oberth effect occurs because the propellant has more usable energy (due to its kinetic… …   Wikipedia

• Aamv — An AAMV is an Aerodynamically Alleviated Marine Vehicle, a high speed marine vehicle configuration that uses aerodynamically generated forces (lift) to ‘alleviate’ its weight. The advantage is that the hydrodynamic lift requested to sustain the… …   Wikipedia

• Alexander Lippisch — Infobox Engineer image width = 150px caption = Alexander Martin Lippisch (1894 1976) name = Alexander Lippisch nationality =German birth date = November 2, 1894 birth place = Munich, German Empire death date = February 11, 1976 death place =… …   Wikipedia

• Beriev Be-1 — NOTOC In 1956 Robert Ludvigovich Bartini approached the Beriev design bureau with a proposal for a Wing In Ground effect vehicle. The Be 1 became the first experimental prototype, used for exploring the stability and control of wing in ground… …   Wikipedia

• List of seaplanes and flying boats — The following is a list of flying boats and seaplanes. These do not include WIG or Wing In Ground effect craft, also referred to as water skimming wingships or, in Russian, ekranoplans .Austro Hungary* Lohner L mdash; biplane flying boat (1910s)… …   Wikipedia