Possibilities of craft for land, sea and air; principle of lift is generation of air cushion which is sensibly static, having pressure higher than ambient and bounded from above by under surface of craft, from below by surface over which craft operates and at sides by air curtain system; Saunders-Roe experimental craft, SR-N1, Powered by Alvis Leonides 523/5 internal combustion areo engine. Abstract of paper before Instn Naval Architects. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 94 n 15 Nov 19 1959 p 502-5; Am Soc Naval Engrs -- J v 72 n 2 May 1960 p 303-6)
Hovercraft -- New concept in maritime transport
Roy Instn Naval Airchitects -- Quarterly Trans
1960
51 pages
Folding Sheet
Article (Journal)
English
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