Cons: almost everything Pros: they look really really cool
@davefletch3063
5 ай бұрын
The cool factor outweighs the negatives
@rickyfitness252
5 ай бұрын
I mean that's all you can really ask for in life
@brilliant-handle
5 ай бұрын
Well, they would fly under radar so that's a big reason for military use
@rickyfitness252
5 ай бұрын
@@brilliant-handle wouldn't need radar. You could just listen for it
@jonnenne
5 ай бұрын
No lol. Boats show up on radar and so would these @@brilliant-handle
@chemicalphil
6 ай бұрын
Take too sharp of a turn and it turns into an Ocean Gate sub😢
@robertsudano4304
6 ай бұрын
Too soon
@timg1246
6 ай бұрын
@@robertsudano4304How about now ?
@robertsudano4304
6 ай бұрын
@@timg1246 yea we can start CRACKing jokes again ..😉
@pixellordm8780
6 ай бұрын
@@robertsudano4304normally i’d say “wait until the bodies go cold” but they were cold from the get-go.
@maelthrajaluk42
6 ай бұрын
@@pixellordm8780what bodies? 😂
@walterabernathy5663
6 ай бұрын
Also have a problem with saltwater corroding the engines.
@maelthrajaluk42
6 ай бұрын
Easy fix, don't live near saltwater 😂
@thorr18BEM
5 ай бұрын
@@maelthrajaluk42yeah, they were created to go over the Caspian which has only a third of the salinity found in the ocean.
@RCAvhstape
5 ай бұрын
So Great Lakes maybe?
@jamesbizs
5 ай бұрын
So; like, every sea plane? Every hovercraft? Every sea vehicle with an exposed engine?
@randygonzalez6250
5 ай бұрын
Also fish, dolphins, & whales literally jump out of the water regularly.
@SamnissArandeen
5 ай бұрын
That said, flying a normal airplane in ground effect has saved a crash or two. I remember this footage of an E-2C landing on the carrier, slowing for a bit, then the arresting cable snapped and the plane rolled straight off the deck. Ground effect helped the pilot save that one.
@gytis156
5 ай бұрын
It is believed that Olympic Airways Flight 411 didn't crash into Athens downtown because of ground effect, even when flying below stall speed.
@jonasbaine3538
5 ай бұрын
I think an aircraft carrier deck is much higher than ground effect distance. I remember it too, That pilot just had full power already applied
@fartmoderne7205
5 ай бұрын
@@gytis156 Mentour Pilot has a great video about this
@Moridorable
5 ай бұрын
>Kerbal pfp Forreal, I'd probably trust you to land a plane. :v
@GaijinGamerGirl
5 ай бұрын
If an aircraft rolled off a carrier it wasn't ground effect that saved it from a poor landing, just sheer luck that there was enough lift generated from the flight deck to the sea level to soften the impact.
@Sonofawildanimal4241
6 ай бұрын
Probably why pelicans fly so close to the water at times
@kibbs325
6 ай бұрын
Not just pelicans, many large seabirds are known to utilize ground effect
@notchomomma239
5 ай бұрын
That is EXACTLY right. Observing pelicans is where we first came up with the idea for these vehicles. I was reading a lot of Popular Mechanics when these first came out and learned all about em.
@craigsampson3386
5 ай бұрын
I just thought they did it to try and catch fish 😂
@amosbackstrom5366
5 ай бұрын
@craigsampson3386 I think it's both, they definitely do catch fish that way.
@craigsampson3386
5 ай бұрын
@@amosbackstrom5366 clever little things.
@tommaguzzi1723
6 ай бұрын
they are a one trick pony developed by the cccp to solve the specific problem of transporting large amounts of troops and equipment across the Caspian sea very quickly. they have too many drawbacks to ever be considered for commercial use.
@jtjames79
5 ай бұрын
Just ahead of their time. The video even shows a commercially operating ferry. We are getting a whole fleet here in Hawaii. If the waves get too tall, the ground (well water) scanning radar (if you bought a car in the last decade it's probably had this technology) raises the altitude. Then it's just a slightly less efficient airplane. We have this thing called progress and that means you should never count things out forever.
@paulwilliams8778
5 ай бұрын
@@rogerrinkavageq.
@rogerrinkavage
5 ай бұрын
@@rog69 lmao whoops, that's what I was thinking. For some reason I thought he was talking about China having invented ecronoplanes
@rog69
5 ай бұрын
@@rogerrinkavage lol now I look like a clown. Time to erase the traces.
@Eis_
5 ай бұрын
At best, it's just a really, really fast boat or a really slow plane.
@Dan-by2vj
5 ай бұрын
I'm just happy they exist
@Katiethekitten
5 ай бұрын
Me too 😊
@Max-ji5cg
5 ай бұрын
Soviets thinking "I just think there neat"
@Gigika313
5 ай бұрын
@@Max-ji5cgyou mean the people that reached space before us?
@Thetruepredictor
5 ай бұрын
@@Gigika313Space? 😂
@tommytheshimigami
5 ай бұрын
They don't need to tilt to turn if the rudders are in correct places.
@ChaoticScape
5 ай бұрын
Because they determined years ago, that one stray wave and the entire vehicle is destroyed. You have to have almost perfectly calm water in order to fly, Imagine starting a flight out, calm seas then midflight you've got 6 foot swells. Good luck landing, It disrupts the ground effect.
@ramseydoon8277
5 ай бұрын
Could maybe be good river transport, if the river isn't too windy lol I'm trying to think of one application that would make sense for these things, they're so cool looking but so impractical!
@eleSDSU
3 ай бұрын
@@ramseydoon8277 Transportation across big lakes or inland seas like the Caspian.
@voornaam3191
6 ай бұрын
These things have one nerdy disadvantage. You'd not expect it, but taking off from the water takes a long "runway" because at low speed the small wings (compared to an airplane) need flaps and slats and smart tricks and huge engines. Russian Airforce used them, and that is why ekranoplans are well known. Seen a YT video on a company in or near Hamburg, Germany, building small ones. There are more video's explaining them. Engineers did serious work on solving the problems, but "normal" airplanes and fast ships are an alternative.
@ernielarkin4793
6 ай бұрын
I think there's a company in the med, running a ferry service already. Watched a documentary about it.
@Relkond
6 ай бұрын
The Russian version, I know, had most of the engines just for getting off the water. They shut off more than half of them once airborn - meaning most of the engines, after takeoff, were dead bumps causing drag.
@terranovarain2183
6 ай бұрын
Hydrofoils is the best solution I think
@wiciuwiciu2783
6 ай бұрын
Those Ekranoplans were great at shows, running in straight line. ANYTHING more was impossible, and even tho, pilot's were constantly terrified
@matthieulagardere3886
6 ай бұрын
@@terranovarain2183I think we can combine both , hydrofoil help to reach the speed where the lift will be enough to get out the hydrofoil of the water . The last ULTIM trimaran foiler are not so far , the 2 arms linking the 2 external hulls have a wing shape , wait and see.
@user-kg6nb9ew5k
6 ай бұрын
I was once in a certified boat that that could fly 130 meters high if necessary. Really a very strange experience
@jackryan8588
5 ай бұрын
Military?
@user-kg6nb9ew5k
5 ай бұрын
@@jackryan8588 no pleasure a 2 seater fun thing
@Trainboy1EJR
5 ай бұрын
@@user-kg6nb9ew5k Sounds like Florida Man’s personal airboat! XD
@user-kg6nb9ew5k
5 ай бұрын
@@Trainboy1EJR it was in the Netherlands. My friend's father was a naval engineer who designed it. Imagine flying over the dike that separates the IJsselmeer and the north sea
@xenophagia
5 ай бұрын
@@user-kg6nb9ew5k That would be incredible 🤯. How did it work, and do you remember what it was called? Also are there any videos, or photos of it I can find? I wanna see this thing lol
@B1rdTheW0rd
5 ай бұрын
Ground effect is one of the most interesting laws of aerodynamics.
@Jeff-yb6rz
6 ай бұрын
Seen one of these,here in nz ,a rubber dinghy and two house doors for wings ,a small air boat motor, true story lol this guy was crazy tho it worked really well ,and you don't need a pilot licence 😜 i think he got some clips on the tube, anyway peace ❤
@-pyrosef-
6 ай бұрын
Wow that's true ingenuity
@SuperSaiyanPikachu1
5 ай бұрын
Cool
@nomorelies832
5 ай бұрын
I'm gonna look for it for sure I've got to see the two doors for wings that's just awesome 👍😎
Because altitude is insurance when it comes to flying, and being a few feet off the ground doesn't give you any time to correct yourself in the event of an emergency
@ashtonhartley2662
6 ай бұрын
And a big wave could end your trip
@fungoose2195
6 ай бұрын
yaya this is why ground effect memevours on air craft are so dangourous. one foal move and your sucked down on the tarmac
@GewelReal
5 ай бұрын
@@fungoose2195except theres no tarmac and youre always right above your landing spot
@fungoose2195
5 ай бұрын
@@GewelReal yes sorry, you still have a boat in your head thi
@GewelReal
5 ай бұрын
@@fungoose2195 it's like saying if you lose power in a hydrofoil you will die because you are few meters above the water
@robertthomas2942
6 ай бұрын
WIG, or Wing In Ground -effect. They are more efficient than planing hulls and aircraft. They would be perfect for 1-2hr hops over water that are currently served by ferries and small aircraft.
@eastcorkcheeses6448
6 ай бұрын
But are they any better than a plane , for the same short hop , the plane is more versatile,
@moshunit96
6 ай бұрын
Yet it still has the same problems.
@Gunter_Custom
5 ай бұрын
@@eastcorkcheeses6448 can carry much more wieght
@fhuber7507
5 ай бұрын
Except they are shut down by weather than even a C-172 can handle... Because waves are a serious problem.
@camojoe83
5 ай бұрын
Unless there's inclement weather or waves.
@stevengrubb3291
5 ай бұрын
We do have hovercraft though. They have many disadvantages, too, but some advantages for military landing craft.
@gregvarner9562
6 ай бұрын
Adios at the first decent sea swell.
@JFrazer4303
6 ай бұрын
Not true, since they can handle up to 5 meters in GE, and can actually fly.
@realMaverickBuckley
5 ай бұрын
They can fly at 80 feet. But I guess when landing or taking off, rough swells would be an issue
@MrDlt123
5 ай бұрын
Or rogue wave. 😅
@ke6319
6 ай бұрын
Yet they're quite a spectacle
@nicolaspeigne1429
6 ай бұрын
You could make an hydrofoil/ekeanoplane hybrid where the underwater wing could stop lifting and just help for manoeuvrability.
@reallyhappenings5597
5 ай бұрын
smart
@TripedalTroductions
5 ай бұрын
Could you go fast enough? I'm thinking the water would create too much drag to go fast enough to create lift through the air. The two fluids are far too different in density. Maybe something like that could work on other planets or moons.
@JebHoge
5 ай бұрын
Avatar: The Way Of Water has a villain ship that kind of works this way. It's a neat what-if imagineering example.
@Dazza_Doo
5 ай бұрын
Wing tip clearance. Also - at that high speed you will crash into other boats and pleasure craft.
@NikosPer
5 ай бұрын
I imagined the same but for faster take off.... hydrofoil to help it lift faster and release from the water and helping landing as well... it would be waymore supple to land in hydrofoils. These hydrofoils should be huge and sturdy....great concept.
@nanopulp
5 ай бұрын
Ekranoplans apply only to wig craft with straight or minor taper wings. The airfish design by wigetworks shown in the last part of the video uses a reverse-delta design which has different performance
@trueriver1950
5 ай бұрын
In a sense hovercraft are ground effect planes, but with the skirt enhancing the ground effect, and flexible skirts can run over uneven terrain (to some extent)
@xXxJSCOTTxXx
6 ай бұрын
My dad told me about the Spruce Goose back when i was a kid. I thought it was such a strange yet cool idea.
@timg1246
6 ай бұрын
That was never an ekranoplane. It was intended to fly over the Atlantic at normal operational altitude. But the whole project was so disastrous that it only ever took one short, low level, flight.
@vanringo
6 ай бұрын
The spruce goose was a a sea plane that was too heavy and by the time it was ready, wasn't really needed. I believe it took one flight was airborne for about a minute, if that, then landed. It was a successful test flight, and it never flew again.
@reallyhappenings5597
5 ай бұрын
Technically a flying boat, not a seaplane.
@Taber01
5 ай бұрын
@@vanringo It was built during the war, but the war ended before the first flight so the armed forces said they would not pay for it as it was not in working operation during the war. So Howard Hughes took it out on one flight to show it was working and to get paid for it. It was the only flight it did
@dogwalker666
6 ай бұрын
They also only work in perfect weather conditions.
@TaterChip91
5 ай бұрын
I did know things like this even existed. I see there basically impractical, but still a very neat thing to see
@purplecorn1234
5 ай бұрын
Imagine the carnage one of those high speed transports hits a wave..
@jcoop3660
6 ай бұрын
Mostly larger models that hardly ever fly are left now.
@KadaCombs
6 ай бұрын
the noise also is a problem. it might be best to use to travel short distances over water.
@timg1246
6 ай бұрын
That would, I effect, be an over engineered solution to a very small problem. Those things are a safety nightmare.
@nwbklr
5 ай бұрын
Oh shit that black and white footage is the Russian MD-160. It was meant as a nuclear weapons carrier that could fly undetected all the way to the US avoiding radar. This thing is collecting rust in some shipyard now. I’ve seen pictures of it. It’s 2 million pounds and the length of a football field. Can’t believe there’s footage declassified of it.
@user-uk6uk1rd5f
3 ай бұрын
This thing was transported in military museum.
@PcBguitarLibrary
5 ай бұрын
Id imagine no full time pilot of these aircraft ever lived long enough to retire or survive their PTSD
@skeetermcswagger0U812
6 ай бұрын
This makes complete sense considering the times that I've hydroplaned on a wet surface at high speed in a car ruined my pants.
@jamesbarisitz4794
5 ай бұрын
Another example of "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. "😂
@mikebikekite1
5 ай бұрын
There's also the flying hovercraft design that is smaller, only carrying 270Kg, but has a range of over 150 miles at 70mph and can obviously land on water or land. It can turn fairly quickly and it's apparently capable of flying smoothly over 6 foot waves. Cost is about $200K though.
@nathantrombley4045
5 ай бұрын
All fun and games till a 90 foot wave appears from another dimension
@deusexaethera
5 ай бұрын
So basically all the positives and negatives of hovercrafts, but amplified.
@agentl0key891
5 ай бұрын
build rows of small vertical wings (like stablizers) facing up from the top of the wings. To turn you turn them like rudder so you don't have to bank the craft.
@EtadikNonya-dv7rc
5 ай бұрын
I was thinking something similar like years the nose to pull it in that direction and if it gets body roll tilt them upside down v shaped so right turns the left flap moves downward and if there needs to be compensation sure the front fin idea from the berkut to stabilize
@GewelReal
5 ай бұрын
@@EtadikNonya-dv7rcand then you have 10x the drag
@reinbeers5322
5 ай бұрын
Way more drag, and you're just making a wing but vertical.
@agentl0key891
5 ай бұрын
@@GewelReal maybe make them thin and long with the flap part eh never mind I'm not a aeronautical engineer.
@GewelReal
5 ай бұрын
@@agentl0key891 they can be 1 atom thick and they still will add quite a bit of drag. That's simply how aerodynamics work
@DuckDoner
5 ай бұрын
Can you imagine like a rogue wave or any massive wave like oh man that shit gives me goosebumps imagine you’re flying in this fucking thing like that and you see a 300 foot wave coming from the side directly at you fuck that
@AG-yb1lm
6 ай бұрын
Arguably 'Transitioning' , and 'Transitioning At Speed' are the biggest problem.
@othername1000
5 ай бұрын
That’s not very woke
@ArtemisKitty
5 ай бұрын
...almost like the laws of physics DNGAF 😂
@hunterhobday6363
5 ай бұрын
Maneuverability wise then it seems like the next innovation needed in order for them to become more prevalent/wide spread is an increase in altitude such that the vehicle could bank up to the full 90 degrees and still have enough clearance to not come into contact with the water/ground. This should also help to reduce the effect of irregular terrain though it wouldn't remove the effect completely. Maybe also the inclusion or development of an existing/new terrain following guidance system (I'm thinking maybe like the ones used in cruise missiles) and link it to a high resolution/high precision GPS database or something along those lines I dunno I'm certainly no engineer. I'm sure there are probably some issues with my suggestion that I don't know about
@jacktrades9214
5 ай бұрын
The terrain issue is more like driving a car over pot holes or a washboarded dirt road. With the air foil, the vehicle would hit the water without the benefit of a car's shock absorbers on a road.
@Fred_Nickles
6 ай бұрын
In short: it's not better than what we have
@BeKindToBirds
4 ай бұрын
Better looking.
@willcall9431
5 ай бұрын
There use to be plans in popular mechanics on how to build a two seat version of a ground effect vehicle/ boat combo.
@kristianramos8584
5 ай бұрын
Cartel bouta be rlly under the radar 😂
@Road_Rash
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad personal aircraft of any kind is still out of reach of the common person...they still can't drive cars with wheels on them that are supposed to remain in constant contact with the ground..."we" don't need to fly anything...
@whozyourdaddy
5 ай бұрын
People can't even drive shopping carts for that matter. Going to the grocery store at noon on a Sunday is like a demolition derby.
@MrDlt123
5 ай бұрын
I know this may sound odd to non-pilots, but in terms of flight safety, height gives you options in case of an emergency. You can fly some distance if you lose engines, which could get you to an airfield or at least a suitable landing location, whereas when close to the ground, you could be in trouble very quickly. - Particularly at aircraft speeds.
@Dazza_Doo
5 ай бұрын
Are you a pilot? This acts as a float plane, it doesn't crash into the water
@MrDlt123
5 ай бұрын
@@Dazza_Doo Yes, and you missed my point.
@Dazza_Doo
5 ай бұрын
@@MrDlt123 your point is mute, this isn't an aircraft, altitude in a WIG is out of its flight envelope. It's unstable and pose a crash hazard. Lovely thought though
@MrDlt123
5 ай бұрын
@Dazza_Doo First, my point is that height buys you time. That's it. Take it or leave it, but it seems you love to argue for some odd and pathetic reason. Secondly, the term is 'moot,' not 'mute.' Used in a sentence: 'Your point is moot.' See there? Next time you're trying to appear intelligent, you should look up big words prior to attempting to use them. Have a blessed day, DA.
@Dazza_Doo
5 ай бұрын
@@MrDlt123 cool story bro 😎 shame altitude doesn't play a factor in WIGs ...
@armadasinterceptor2955
5 ай бұрын
Imagine your just zipping across the ocean, and instead of a deer, a whale hits you💀
@Archangel3083
5 ай бұрын
Turning problems can be improved greatly with thrust vectoring
@Rastor0
6 ай бұрын
They actually can fly over waves and uneven surfaces, but it makes for a rough ride for the passengers
@solexxx8588
5 ай бұрын
That's not true. Air is compressible so the ride over waves is buffered and smooth.
@johngatesiii1688
6 ай бұрын
They still look cool ASL!!!😊
@Will-dn9dq
5 ай бұрын
The spruce goose had kids I never knew about 😂
@aprev039
5 ай бұрын
“A ground effect vehicle?” - Naked Snake
@kai_plays_khomus
5 ай бұрын
If I remember correctly the SU had an ikranoplan capable of regular flight with the altitude of a common commercial plane which makes it way more versatile than "ground effect only" ikranoplans.
@reallyhappenings5597
5 ай бұрын
Can still work as long-range ground transport over flat desert, smaller vehicles
@williamwalkup988
5 ай бұрын
I assume Desert sand would be a major pain to the engines. Believe a guy who spent almost a year in the desert in a Hummer. The sand gets everywhere, even your underwear....lol
@stevencooper4422
5 ай бұрын
If a small stone gets kicked up by the wind into the vehicle engine then RIP
@malking5226
5 ай бұрын
Luke used one to search for R2. Ended up finding Obi wan
@Stanton_High
5 ай бұрын
You've never been to a desert huh
@petertoft70
5 ай бұрын
Rctestflight has some cool ground effect videos with RC planes
@need-to-know-
5 ай бұрын
When you finally invent the land speeder but didn’t watch enough Star Wars to understand how it is used.
@gamertardguardian1299
6 ай бұрын
Flying to close to hazards is a big deal, pilots are not allowed to be within 500ft of obstacles unless they are taking off or landing. Guerentee there would be a lot more pilot error crashes if most transatlantic/pacific airliners used ground effect airplanes. Automatic collision avoidance isnt the best, and sea level changes over these distances requiring autopilot to be adjusted periodically. Not to mention storms or “invisible” private sea vessels
@2Phast4Rocket
6 ай бұрын
only apply on land, not out at sea
@newolde1
6 ай бұрын
@@2Phast4Rocketeh, have you ever crashed into the water at 200+ kmh? I guarantee you it's not going to feel very nice.
@2Phast4Rocket
6 ай бұрын
@newolde1 nobody wants to crash but the point of your original post is just incorrect. Just accept that you are wrong and leave it
@gamertardguardian1299
6 ай бұрын
@@2Phast4Rocket True, no FAA in international waters. But its still has its own hazards that need to be solved before any airliners would buy any
@2Phast4Rocket
6 ай бұрын
@@gamertardguardian1299 : don't change the subject. This was what you wrote: "pilots are not allowed to be within 500ft of obstacles unless they are taking off or landing". You are wrong about sea planes in the middle of the ocean.
@ernestimken6969
7 ай бұрын
Because they have no brakes, and can't turn quickly.
@Ghost51492
5 ай бұрын
This thing was made for people like me. People that are scared of heights but still want to pilot a plane 😂
@valentinkogler3942
5 ай бұрын
short, simple, to the point. Great video.
@nightrous3026
5 ай бұрын
Pros: they're also immune to torpedos
@Pub2k4
5 ай бұрын
This is why the Caspian Sea Monster has been sitting on a beach for like 30 years.
@TerraPhysica
5 ай бұрын
I'd like to sit on a beach for 30 years doing nothing, I guess)))
@chipman1589
5 ай бұрын
The soviets seemed pretty into making them a thing
@squirts1
5 ай бұрын
Ekranoplan is the name of one specific Russian ground effect vehicle. It is not the common name for all ground effect vehicles.
@juliap.5375
5 ай бұрын
Ekranoplan - it’s just two words (like in word “automobile”): _ekran_ (means shield/screen/baffle) and _plan_ (plane) as short form of “aero-plane”. So yep, it is _common word_ for all such ground effect vehicles.
@DanH-wm6qn
4 ай бұрын
"come in , tower 7. this is big bird.. requesting a runway. We've lost engine two with a fish strike"
@ZootedSosa
5 ай бұрын
They don’t seem entirely useless but the risks don’t seem to outweigh the rewards
@S.E.C-R
5 ай бұрын
Ah man, sorry to hear about Cody. We know all to well how you’re feeling. We lost both of our dogs last year a few months apart. One was from old age, the other was a brain tumor in our 10 year old Pitt mix, best dog in the world. She started having seizures and took her to a specialist vet that gave us a time of 4-6 months left with her, but exactly one month later to the day we had to let her go. She went into a massive seizure that could only be stopped by letting her go. We were devastated and had no idea that her life would end so horribly for her and us and much sooner than they initially told us. Love on Cody as much as possible and spoil him rotten in the time he has left. ❤❤❤
@markthomasson5077
5 ай бұрын
With current sensor technology these vehicles could well make a comeback. Latest hydrofoil boats have 40 sensors
@IIIIIIPETEIIIIII
6 ай бұрын
Because boats and other obstacles would keep getting in the way.
@rodiculous9464
5 ай бұрын
The big soviet ones look so badass, like out of a scifi movie
@harrybarrow6222
5 ай бұрын
Excellent exposition. Thank you.
@stephenbergeron6268
5 ай бұрын
I'm glad people explored the concept, at the very least
@grimsgraveyard3598
5 ай бұрын
Seems like if they improved them so they could fly slightly higher it would solve the uneven terrain and mobility issues. Would likely sacrifice fuel efficiency but should still be as capable otherwise.
@paxwallace8324
5 ай бұрын
Well the ground effect is fly in your critique of GEVs they are in Ground Effect meaning it requires less energy to stay aloft than a regular airplane transporting the same amount of cargo. Also the bigger they are the better the strategy works. Also it'd be easy breezy to design a GEV that could forego ground effect and fly over any storm when the need arises but that's also not exactly necessary with computer assistance + radar.
@jeffcarello7446
5 ай бұрын
There's a new company experimenting with "water taxi's" and personal rental aircraft in Hawaii...
@gimmethegepgun
5 ай бұрын
Fun fact about the ground effect: the U-2 spy plane has such a high lift-to-drag ratio that the ground effect it generates prevents it from landing without stalling. They have to use a chase car with another U-2 pilot telling them how far off the ground they are, then initiate a stall at about 2 feet above the ground and just drop.
@chippyjohn1
Ай бұрын
Just a poor design.
@Laerei
5 ай бұрын
Thrust vectoring would solve that turning problem easy -peasy.
@robertwhite3752
5 ай бұрын
Well, the one I acquired from the Batman turns on a dime!!
@KingKroy
5 ай бұрын
I believe mankind has what it takes to solve all those known and not yet, known problems/disadvantages. There just need to be a reason/motivation
@CJ4S147
6 ай бұрын
That second thing is the big problem that even I guessed before I got to it. we barely have enough room for all the cars where are we going to find room to build whatever the heck long wide flattish spaces these things require? We’re not
@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
5 ай бұрын
Those planes look like a nicely made ship in Space engineers I then desperately slapped giant thrusters on to avoid death.
@Sgt.chickens
5 ай бұрын
May as well just work on Making the Hovercraft More efficient. Its had commercial success before and the only reason the Massive ones stopped running was fuel costs.
@jesusisalive3227
5 ай бұрын
To say any problem is insurmountable is just ridiculous! They will figure out the turning problem, and all they have to do about rough water is to design more lift into the system. When the water is smooth, take advantage of the ground effect. When the water is rough, rely on the lift. Seems pretty easy, really.
@artkingofwholefoods74
6 ай бұрын
If they turn too hard, couldn’t the tip of the wing dig into the water, and break it apart? They seem dangerous.
@phoboskittym8500
5 ай бұрын
They can actually fly higher than depicted, depending on design and power not just a few feet off the water
@jenniferstewarts4851
25 күн бұрын
These are also called WIG- Wing in Ground effect. Now, there isn't a pilots licensees for these because they are considered boats... So enter - the Hover Wig. strapping simple wings... onto a hovercraft. (yes its a Ground Effect Wing in Ground effect vehicle now) that can zip across water, ice, sand, get up speed and fly to cross obstacles such as beaver dams, before dropping back down onto the water.
@sylph4252
5 ай бұрын
An other issue is how loud they are. A ship can sail basicly into a port town and no disturb anyone, but these things are as loud or louder than planes
@VannTango
3 ай бұрын
Wow, so it actually makes sense why you always see these on desert planets in sci-fi movies. If the whole planet was a flat desert, these would be incredibly useful for getting around.
@nicklapallo9090
5 ай бұрын
Why must something so cool and impractical exist simultaneously!?
@Anne_40
5 ай бұрын
The chance of running into something is much greater on the ground than above it
@n7533p
5 ай бұрын
Perfect for pilots with a fear of heights.
@TragoudistrosMPH
5 ай бұрын
I'm so happy it's mostly physics and not unwillingness to change!
@nicolasrose3064
5 ай бұрын
If you miss where you are supposed to land, it's going to take whatever fuel you have left, to try and make it all the way round for a second try....if you make it...
@vyrusnationgaming1999
5 ай бұрын
This would be nice to have on lake superior for people in Michigan and Wisconsin to hop the lake into Minnesota or vice versa.
@snow4days
5 ай бұрын
too many birds
@vyrusnationgaming1999
5 ай бұрын
@@snow4days fuck seagulls lol
@aardque
5 ай бұрын
Ekranoplans work in almost the exact same efficiency as high altitude aircraft. Stratoliners are at the outer edge of the atmosphere, getting just enough molecules for combustion and few enough for efficiency. At the other end of the atmosphere, where it presses hard against the solid earth, the confluence forms a similar buoyancy as at the edge of space. Down under, so to speak, the atmosphere holds ITSELF at bay for the ekranoplan to scoot by surfing the boundary layer.
@CHA773RBOX
5 ай бұрын
They only work on glass smooth surfaces consistently. If you have a bunch of waves, it’s not good
@th8257
3 ай бұрын
We've been here before with hovercrafts in the 1970s. They briefly had their moment, but had too many problems.
@PPC4
6 ай бұрын
I might be wrong but I think hydrofoils are still better with the exception of needing to dock or moor off shore. Wig aircraft are still cool though.
@senatorjosephmccarthy2720
5 ай бұрын
I'm just wishing somebody would invent the simple motorboat and we could get across.
@inventiontalk5412
2 ай бұрын
Dynamic instability in pitch with positive feedback. One tiny bobble loses a bit of the air cushion, which causes pitch, which loses more air cushion, which increases the pitch... And the nose or the tail splashes.
@karezaalonso7110
5 ай бұрын
Little tweaking and AI co-pilot for crash avoidance might create a future hoverboard
@Tbone272
6 ай бұрын
They sure look sweet though
@TerraPhysica
6 ай бұрын
oh they do)
@Designer_TopG
5 ай бұрын
@@TerraPhysica These type of planes are superior and are a great idea.
@skyceratops2591
5 ай бұрын
Burds all ready been knowing bout counter to dem hawt hawt tip vortices 👏👏 💯💪💯
@carlj7466
3 ай бұрын
That looks incredibly dangerous lmao
@benwilms3942
5 ай бұрын
Waves do not make an insurmountable obstacle for them.
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