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By: - 7th October 2005 at 16:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
WIG - Wing In Ground Effect. so it doesn't leave the ground cushion to achieve the status of 'flight' :p
By: - 7th October 2005 at 17:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The King of Wigs must be the Russian Ekranoplans, some of them look like the designers have been watching illicit copies of Thunderbirds....Here is a history of them:
http://aquaglide.ru/history_e.htm
And 2 pictures taken from that site:
By: - 7th October 2005 at 18:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is this concept a failure ???.. why is this concept developed further apart from Russkies.
By: - 7th October 2005 at 19:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is this concept a failure ???.. why is this concept developed further apart from Russkies.
failure? I don't think so. WIG ship has bright future ;)
Here are sea trial video of Seagull 4(prototype).
Mass production model. now under production.
By: - 7th October 2005 at 19:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The best pictures are colour ;)
These are taken from one of my favourite books, Russia's Ekranoplans by Sergey Komissarov, Vol. 8 in the Red Star series.
Basically. the Russians didn't have the money to continue development of these massive 'vehicles' and smaller craft have found a niche.
By the way, nice pictures 'Level'
By: - 8th October 2005 at 16:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Excellent stuff! I think WIG craft are great.
By: - 8th October 2005 at 17:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ekranoplans are cool, I'd like to see more of them :)
Here is some more info http://www.att-nn.com/ENGL/n_projects.htm and http://www.samolet.co.uk/ekranoplan.html
By: - 8th October 2005 at 20:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ekranoplans are cool, I'd like to see more of them :)Here is some more info http://www.att-nn.com/ENGL/n_projects.htm and http://www.samolet.co.uk/ekranoplan.html
Great stuff, we used to draw these things from our imagination as children, who would have thought they would ever have been built :cool:
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
WIG - Wing In Ground Effect. so it doesn't leave the ground cushion to achieve the status of 'flight' :p
If you leave ground effect you have to comply with aviation rules.
vinety
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
If you leave ground effect, your no longer a WIG and then you have to comply with aviation rules
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Great stuff, we used to draw these things from our imagination as children, who would have thought they would ever have been built :cool:
I had the same impression 20 yrs ago. Now I have design my own WIG and it is no more a dream, it's reality. You can see my WIG on my site VINETY.co,
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:36 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Excellent stuff! I think WIG craft are great.
I think its so great that I am building my own WIG. You can see it on my site
VINETY.COM
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It is great but the greatest is making my own. It requires plenty of research, but it worth it. On my site I tell the story of my EXOCET, my WIG. I also describe the various step for building one. If you visit VINETY.com, you will anderstand.
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Is this concept a failure ???.. why is this concept developed further apart from Russkies.
We will see more WIG in the future. I beleive that it is the toy that all grown
boys will want.
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes its a close future for a crafts that requires 50% less fuel for the same speed. Its very economical. in today's trend it is the best transport solution for many contryes and public services.
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Ekranoplans are cool, I'd like to see more of them :)Here is some more info http://www.att-nn.com/ENGL/n_projects.htm and http://www.samolet.co.uk/ekranoplan.html
Great photos. Thank you for them.
By: - 4th October 2006 at 07:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You now can see more photos of a WIG called the EXOCET. A personnal project which I start to grind 20 yrs ago. I am really working on it since yr 2000. The design is complete. It is documented on my site Http://www.vinety.com . It is almost finished.
By: - 4th October 2006 at 13:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
If you leave ground effect you have to comply with aviation rules.
vinety
If you want to learn more about WIG, visit my site http://www.vinety.com
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By: level - 7th October 2005 at 14:39
It got a wing and flying over sea. Why is that?
South Korea's WIG.
Photos by www.infinity21.co.kr
We have plan to develop big WIG ship which can transport 200 people with 150 million USD budget until 2010.