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Hovering uncannily close to the waves, the Airfish-8 carves its way over water three times quicker than a boat, and 2.3 times more efficiently than an aircraft. Singapore’s ST Engineering has announced its first orders, set to enter service in 2025.Con… Continue reading Airfish-8 wing-in-ground effect aircraft slated for service in 2025
Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One inventor is solving this problem with paddle wheels.Co… Continue reading Paddle wheel ground effect vehicle accelerates as it skims the surface
The remarkable Seaglider promises a clean revolution in coastal transport; the convenience of an electric boat meets the speed and comfort of an aircraft, at unparalleled efficiency and range thanks to hydrofoils and the wing-in-ground effect.Continue … Continue reading Regent to debut its hydrofoiling ground-effect Seagliders in Hawai’i
The ground-effect (GE) refers to the almost mystical property where the interaction of the airflow around an aircraft’s wing and the ground massively increases efficiency due to the reduction of …read more Continue reading Exploring Ground-Effect With a Quadcopter
Regent has released video of its remarkable Seaglider prototype in flight testing. The first machine to combine the efficiency advantages of ground effect and hydrofoiling in a single design, it promises revolutionary speed and range in coastal areas.C… Continue reading Watch the world’s first hydrofoiling ground effect vehicle take off
DARPA has launched a new “Liberty Lifter” program to design, build and test a highly-efficient wing-in-ground effect aircraft for transporting “very large, heavy loads” over long distances without runways. Prototypes could fly as early as 2027.Continue… Continue reading DARPA Liberty Lifter aims to bring back heavy-lift ground effect seaplanes
There are a number of famous (yet fictional) sea monsters in the lakes and oceans around the world, but in the Caspian Sea one turned out to be real. This …read more Continue reading Ground Effect Drone Flies Autonomously
Boston-based company Regent has taken US$465 million in pre-orders for its super-fast electric “Seaglider.” Using the wing-in-ground effect, this 180-mph (290-km/h) beast promises twice the range of an electric aircraft, and a revolution in coastal tra… Continue reading Regent to build high-speed electric ground-effect “seagliders”
Russia has a long history of experimenting with wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles, most notably the huge ekranoplans dating back to the 1960s. Now, Russian scientists are developing a smaller unmanned WIG, that’s solar-powered.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Unmanned solar wing-in-ground-effect vehicle being developed in Russia