Although often seen as a mysterious, even bizarre mode of
transportation, it is conceptually quite simple. To understand how hovercraft
work, it is necessary to realize that the dynamics are more closely related to
aircraft than to boats or automobiles.
As a member of the family of air cushion vehicles (ACVs) or
ground effect machines, which includes wing-in-ground-effect or ram wings,
surface effect ships, sidewall hovercraft, and surface skimmers, hovercraft,
are the amphibious member of the air cushion vehicle family. They are the most
novel among vehicles that are supported by pressurized air …
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