US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
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US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
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Re: US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
#2$4.75mln seem like a great deal for a working prototype?
I'd love one of these in MS Flight Simulator or DCS.
Re: US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
#3is this a ground effect machine?
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#4is this a ground effect machine?
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#7is this a ground effect machine?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g
It is a ground effect vehicle.
Re: US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
#8This is like the old Soviet Ekranoplans [1].
Re: US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
#9is this a ground effect machine?
"Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat."
Re: US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
#10is this a ground effect machine?
"seaglider" is apparently a new word for ekranoplan. The difference is, the new ones tend not to be so enormous [1].
See e.g. https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy and https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider
It's the same craft with a different paint job
Yes, they are Wing-in-Ground craft