red750 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/cheddar/videos/2348114442175947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Looks good, but asre they limied to calm waters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 The Russians explored this concept years ago and it was called Ekranoplane. A friend of mine worked on a similar concept in Cairns about ten years ago. He tells me he has all the info about the planes he worked on, but it was not a viable idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 They were building them here in southern Tas for a while too, only about 10km from our place. Not sure what happened but they went off the radar. (No pun intended!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) The Airfish 8 just doesn't stack up. It's powered by 2 humungous Chev LS3 V8's producing 500HP each. They guzzle fuel at 70 l/hr. The fuel capacity is stated as 200kg, which is 270 litres. That seems barely adequate, it's about 3hrs and 50 mins to total fuel exhaustion - more like 3 hrs useable fuel. I don't know how long it takes to get to cruise speed, but I'd imagine a lot of fuel would get burnt up, just in getting up to speed. All for just 8 passengers? They might as well go by air in a big twin, with less engine HP overall - and travel much faster. A Cessna 402 Businessliner has 2 x TSIO-520's producing 325HP each, it carries 780 litres of useable fuel, takes up to 10 pax, and has a range of 1270 NM. https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/airfish-8-wig-craft/ Edited April 30, 2021 by onetrack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Some years ago there was a ground effect machine operating on Port Phillip Bay, during a motor racing event. I didn't see it myself, but recall reading that it was a six seater, and powered by a pair of four cylinder motorcycle engines. Maybe my memory is failing, but that power was frugal compared to what is posted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Racing ' skiff,s' often take to the SKY,! spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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