DAMN INTERESTING!! A Wing-in-Ground Crafts in the Making Posted by: Agent Tinig on Dec 14, 2014 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a ship…what is it? A concept aircraft currently under the development at Boeing’s Phantom Research and Development Unit might become the largest airplane to ever fly. It is the PELICAN. Performance specs describe it has a span of 150 meters and can carry 1,400 tons of cargo. For the record and just for comparison purposes, the largest aircraft so far today in the world is the Russian AN 225 which has only a span of 88 meters and can carry only 250 tons of cargo. But this PELICAN will not set any altitude record as it will only fly at an altitude of 20 feet above sea level, instead of the normal 20,000 or 35,000 feet. This new technology is indeed damn interesting. TECHNOLOGY They are called WIG (Wing-in-Ground) or GEV (Ground Effect Vehicle). A WIG is one that attains level flight near the surface of the earth, making use of the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surfaces known as ground effect, - See more at: unitedfilipinoseafarers.ph/damn-interesting-a-wing-in-ground-crafts-in-the-making/#sthash.bfeOCBS7.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:22:16 +0000
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