This is interesting. No question ground effect works, that's how float
planes get enough speed to takeoff and conversely land. But it sounds
very complicated to actually build a craft that flies this way.
First, the pilot must keep the plane in the ground effect region. I
suppose with a sophisticated autopilot, this could be done. Manually, I
think it would be too stressful.
Second, navigation might be tricky if it is "flying" in channels with
other craft. Perhaps in a pinch, the plane could actually fly and hop
over other craft, maybe that's their intent. But you can imagine a
sailboat or whatever craft, getting into the path of the plane without
realizing they don't have enough time to get out of the way.
The third issue is maneuvering. As pointed out in the article, it's hard
to make turns while in ground effect. They claim to have a novel
technique to do that but I didn't see any details.
A ground effect transport could have been done decades ago with gas
engines. I've never heard of it on a commercial scale. Is that relevant
?
Anyone have more knowledge on this ?
Peri
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From: "Rod Hower via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "ev@lists.evdl.org" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Cc: "Rod Hower" <rodho...@ameritech.net>; "EVDL Administrator"
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Sent: 27-Aug-21 05:25:35
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Electric Eel - partway there
I just read this one today about the all electric
Seaglider,https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/regent-seaglider-wing-in-ground-effect-vehicle/index.html
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