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Watering Hole
Personal VTOL aircraft. No license required
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<blockquote data-quote="GTS225" data-source="post: 455235" data-attributes="member: 6678"><p>***************************************************************************</p><p></p><p>Yeah, it looks neat, but the design is such that it'll never really "fly" in the traditional sense. It'll cruise over water quite nicely, but that "WIGE" part of it's name stands for "wing in ground effect". That means that what is going on is a big air pressure cushion holding the craft up, as long as it's altitude never goes over a few feet from the surface, maybe as much as 20 feet, but that's all it can do.</p><p>It certainly does help break contact with the water, and lets the craft cruise at much higher speeds than a boat, but it's still limited by needing the ground effect air cushion.</p><p></p><p>Roger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTS225, post: 455235, member: 6678"] *************************************************************************** Yeah, it looks neat, but the design is such that it'll never really "fly" in the traditional sense. It'll cruise over water quite nicely, but that "WIGE" part of it's name stands for "wing in ground effect". That means that what is going on is a big air pressure cushion holding the craft up, as long as it's altitude never goes over a few feet from the surface, maybe as much as 20 feet, but that's all it can do. It certainly does help break contact with the water, and lets the craft cruise at much higher speeds than a boat, but it's still limited by needing the ground effect air cushion. Roger [/QUOTE]
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