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Slightly off topic, but for those interested in aircraft designed specifically for logistics (esp. Military Materiel), see the Caspian Sea Monster. It was meant
by daveslash 7y ago
Slightly off topic, but for those interested in aircraft designed specifically for logistics (esp. Military Materiel), see the Caspian Sea Monster. It was meant to leverage the "Pelican Effect" of flying low over water with a wide wingspan; it was never meant to fly more than a few feet high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3mvLR9qb20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3mvLR9qb20
Speaking of the Pelican Effect, see the Boeing Pelican (concept only) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Pelican https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Pelican
- namirez 7y agoI think by the "Pelican Effect" you really mean the ground effect [1]. Ekranoplans are ground-effect-vehicles [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerodynamics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(aerodynamics) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle