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New company unveils futuristic boat — and its flagship product seems straight out of a sci-fi movieThe wing-in-ground effect (WIGE) boat looks like an airplane but is water ... "WIGE vessels operate by flying just above the ...
hulled boat at low speeds but has a hydrofoil for operating at higher speeds. Beyond that, its wings give it enough lift to leave the water but stay in ground-effect flight, flying low to the ...
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New flying drone ship rises from the sea to deliver goods 10x faster at low costThe company claims Flying Ship, a type of wing-in-ground (WIG) effect vessel ... while flying 10 times faster than a boat. It ...
Company Wigetworks have created AirFish-8, a boat/plane hybrid ... known as the "Wing in Ground Effect." This is when an aircraft is able to produce additional lift when flying near the ground.
Ekranoplans are a curious class of vehicle; most well known for several Soviet craft designed to operate at sea, flying just above the waves in ground effect. [rctestflight] had accidentally come ...
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