The effect of wakes from bluff bodies on isolated wings in
ground effect has also been investigated [12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24].
In fixed-wing airplanes,
ground effect may be defined as an increase in lift and decreased induced drag when the wings are close to the surface (ground or water), increasing an airplane's lift-to-drag ratio.
BNS reported last Thursday that Sea Wolf Express, an Estonian transport company founded last summer, plans to buy up to 15
ground effect vehicles from RDC Aqualines, the first of which it expects to put into service on the Tallinn-Helsinki route in September.
The revolutionary RaceActive Chassis Control (RCC) can lower the car by 50mm in Race mode, to produce
ground effect aerodynamics.
Flightship
Ground Effect Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based aircraft manufacturer, has indicated that it will commence an air passenger service between Malaca and Singapore using a new amphibious aircraft called Flightship FS8 that has been jointly produced by Flightship and an Australian company.
This single lot auction will include the main components of Swift Engineering's wind tunnel system, designed to provide an accurate and repeatable instrument for aerodynamics testing of
ground effect vehicles.
I was easily in the air and into
ground effect less than halfway down the runway, at about the 700-foot mark.
With the helo pad on uneven terrain, it was clear they'd fly out of
ground effect during departure--before they got much help from effective translational lift (ETL).
The hover pit test, as seen above, finds the aircraft anchored to the floor above a metal grate, which separates the aircraft from the
ground effect and enables it to simulate free flight.
The initial volantor model being offered will be the M200G Jetson
ground effect vehicle that is designed for operation at up to 10 feet above ground level.
Here's a question for you about
ground effect, prompted by your article, "Using
Ground Effect," in the October 2015 issue, and specifically the statement: "We all should know
ground effect is only encountered.
The lack of respect many pilots give to
ground effect sort of makes it the Rodney Dangerfield of aerodynamics.
