WIG/Ekranoplan

keen · #1 03-12-2003, 03:15 AM

Hey guys - hovercraft could prove tricky not to mention fiddly.
Have any of u heard of Wing In Ground effect??
It's like a plane but forces air under the wings which gives lift.

http://home.mira.net/~radacorp/ground_effect.html
http://home.mira.net/~radacorp/index.html

#2 03-12-2003, 10:01 AM

Thats how a plane flys but I think that would be hard to make that theory work for a hover craft.

dustn · #3 03-12-2003, 05:44 PM

well, no, keen is talking about an actual vehicle design, they do work much like a plane but fly close to the ground (usually water actually)

As far as making one, they have a lot more things to be considered. A hovercraft would be more stable and easier to fly, plus i dont really think a bit motor could proplel somthing like a wig would need. I've made bigger r/c hovers and its not really all that hard. I found a wig kit somewhere online but i never got it since i do not have the area to run one.