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Hovercraft: see air-cushion vehicle ground-effect machine or Hovercraft. These vehicles are supported in various ways. Some of them have a specially designed wing that will lift them just off the surface over which they travel when they have reached a sufficient horizontal speed (the ground effect). ..... Click the link for more information. . air-cushion vehicleor hovercraftVehicle supported above the surface of land or water by an air cushion, produced by downwardly directed fans, enclosed within a flexible skirt beneath the hull. The concept was first proposed by John Thornycroft in the 1870s, but a working model was not produced until 1955, when Christopher Cockerell solved the problem of keeping the air cushion from escaping from under the vehicle, and formed Hovercraft Ltd. to manufacture prototypes. Problems with skirt design and engine maintenance have restricted the vehicle's commercial application; today hovercraft are used mainly as ferries. hovercraft a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle hovercraft [′həv·ər‚kraft] (mechanical engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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leader in the design and construction of advanced
technology air cushion vehicles, surface effect ships, high performance
search and rescue vessels, combat vehicles, turrets and advanced
suspension systems, Textron Marine & Land Systems, Division of
Textron Inc. The ship-to-shore phase will be executed via helicopters, Landing
Craft Air Cushion vehicles, and other means, such as the MV 22
vertical-takeoff and -landing aircraft and the Advanced Amphibious
Assault Vehicle. |
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