Some types of ekranoplanwig vehicles ekranoplan stubwings configuration. The adoption of wig has been slow due to the complicated technology issues surrounding the vessel. About the ekranoplan km caspian sea monster 02 plan this plan is 59. He is a frequent contributor to model magazines on the subject of high speed marine vehicles. As alexeievs central hydrofoil design bureau conceived some wig designs at the time, the firm received support from military to build the test platform, the km ekranoplan. Attkinvest ekranoplan wig craft projects passenger ekranoplan aquaglide30 passenger ekranoplan aquaglide30. The simplified goal of many of these tasks is to image an object for tracking or informationgathering purposes. Pdf wig craft serves niche transportation needs researchgate. Wing in ground effect vehicles linkedin slideshare. Wig craft and ekranoplan ground effect craft technology. Wig rides above the surface like an airplane on a dynamic air cushion that is produced by the vessels forward motion. An investment that pays constant dividends in military readiness and peacetime presence across the globe.
Schemed poweraugmented flow for winginground effect. Ekranoplans surface plane and seaplanes are waterborne platforms that. Winginground wig effect craft take advantage the fact that the. Pdf the design of a fourseat reverse delta wig craft. The engine installed before the wing for poweraugmented flow is replaced by a simplified engine model in the simulations, and is considered to be. He is currently experimenting with a series of radio controlled ekranoplan models figure 1. Description pdf video photo gallery aquaglide is a small passenger ekranoplan wig craft of type a under the imo classification designed for transportation of five people, including the driver, with speed of up to 170 kmh on distance up to 450 km.
A great range of wing in ground effect craft wigs have been. Flight stability and safety of wig craft with and without feedback control article pdf available july 2014 with 514 reads how we measure reads. Wingin ground effect wig craft russian ekranoplans offers a new transport solution somewhere between boat and aircraft and may revolutionize the future fast sea transportation in terms of its characteristics. Keywords winginground effect craft, wig, ekranoplan, aircraft design, rc. Ground effect craft technology provides a comprehensive overview of the design, development and building of wig vessels. The use of wig craft is representing an ambitious technology that will help in. The aerodynamic characteristics of the winginground effect wig craft model that. A practical guide to building ekranoplan wig models graham k taylor independent consultant, england. Combine ground effect with a geometry specifically designed to enhance the. Experimental investigation of a winginground effect craft hindawi. Experimental investigation of a winginground effect craft ncbi. Novel and emerging vehicle and vehicle technology concepts. The term ekranoplan refers to the russian for screen plane or low flying plane and is generally.
Close up of the extra glazing on the starboard side of the fuselage. James may explains that although the ekranoplan looks like an aircraft it operates solely on the principle of ground effect. In the opinion of several highly experienced nasa test pilots manual control of. Design of a wing section in ground effect iowa state university. Pdf aerodynamics study of wig craft near curved ground. Visionbased target localization from a small, fixedwing. Aerodynamic characteristics of wing of wig catamaran. Best place to store dowloables invoices pdf cryptographic.
Wig catamaran, wing in ground effect, aerodynamic characters, naca 6409, cfd analysis. Over the years he has built a variety of experimental models including hydrofoils, stepped hulls, and hydroskis. Most of the pioneering research into these vehicles was. A wig craft uses the same surface cushion effect as a hovercraft, but instead of an engine and fan to give lift, forward speed and large wings are used to force air under the craft. This augmented lift improved the takeoff and landing performance by reducing takeoff speed and distance. Effective wigcraft large ekranoplane with facilities of. The first craft entered operation in 1979 with two others joining it in 1981 and. It has been downloaded 14 times by fellow modelers from around the world. Ground effect craft technology will be of interest to naval engineers, aviation engineers, naval architects, and mechanical engineers interested in the development and research of wing in ground wig and high performance marine vehicles. The hainan yingge wing in ground effect craft manufacturing company in hainan, china, tested two prototype sea planes off the coast of haikou that have been developed in a billion project.
My collection of 1144 scale ekranoplans size comparison next to a 1144 scale tu95 bear alekseyev km caspian sea monster anigrand resin kit component parts of the anigrand km kit. Based on the russian word, it is also called an ekranoplan airplane. Mk1 powered by a model aircraft cox 049 engine figure 2. Wig wing in ground effect craft in military and paramilitary applications the hoverwing concept a new generation of high speed marine craft nato conference rtoavt symposium april 7. Assembled km doctored photo of the anigrand km with cotton wool spray. For higher speed it is better to remove the skirt altogether.
Each aircraft carrier is a 50year investment in americas security. Novel highperformance marine vehicles, such as the air cushion vehicle acv. In the last halfcentury, highspeed water transportation has developed rapidly. To provide detailed insight into schemed poweraugmented flow for winginground effect wig craft in view of the concept of cruising with power assistance, this paper presents a numerical study. The ekranoplan program and other commercial wig wing in groundeffect projects were effectively scuttled by the discovery that rogue waves were not only real but much more common than had been believed, rendering cargo or passenger wig vehicles at risk of destruction due to their inability to climb out of ground effect, where either a ship or. A groundeffect vehicle, also called a wingingroundeffect, groundeffect craft, wingship or ekranoplan, is a vehicle that is designed to attain sustained flight over a level surface by making use of ground effect, the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surface.
This massive 550ton seaplane measured 240 feet long and 63 feet tall with a 144 foot wingspan. Request pdf wig craft and ekranoplan the structural configuration of a wig comprises the same key elements as an aircraft in particular a flying boat, see fig. Wing in ground vehicles operating as highspeed passenger ferries. Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and illustrative applications, liang yun, alan bliault and johnny doo discuss. This is the fsx caspian sea monster found in fsx simobjects boats folder and made flyable. Unmanned air vehicles uavs are attracting increased attention as their envelope of suitable tasks expands to include activities such as perimeter tracking, search and rescue assistance, surveillance and reconnaissance. In this case the instructive experience of great wigcraft exploitation will also be obtained, which is necessary for perfection the wigs of different kinds and mass.
Alan bliault is the author of wig craft and ekranoplan 4. The type is typically intended to operate from water like a flying boat, but some can operate over any flat area such as frozen lakes or flat plains similar to a hovercraft. Ekranoplan wig craft ekranoplans surface plane and seaplanes are waterborne platforms that take advantage ofthe broad water surface for takeoff and landing. The md160, dubbed the caspian sea monster by us intelligence services, was indeed one of a kind. Wig craft and ekranoplan liang yun alan bliault johnny doowig craft and ekranoplan ground effect craft technolo. Many researchers have had some successful attempts to develop wig crafts that fly near sea surface. This creates a dynamic cushion, which lifts the craft clear of the surface. Wig craft and ekranoplan liang yun alan bliault johnny doo wig craft and ekranoplan ground effect craft technology 123 liang yun marine design and research institute of china maric 1688 xizhang nan road 200011 shanghai peoples republic of china email protected alan bliault as norske shell 4098 tananger norway email protected johnny doo teledyne continental motors 2039 broad. The km provided lots of useful data on large scale wig vehicles, and led to the military design.
Pdf flight stability and safety of wig craft with and. The ability to determine the inertial location of a visible. Professional and amateur papers published on ekranoplan, wig and high speed model and full size marine craft. The above has been developed with russian engineers and could be used to patrol coastlines the seaplane above uses reduced drag and increased lift from wing. Most are part of the cant, but others deal with the factions and important aspects of the planes. A groundeffect vehicle gev, also called a wingingroundeffect wig, groundeffect craft, wingship or ekranoplan russian. My first experiments into groundeffect began with a simple lippisch reversedelta model. The awesome sovietrussian km caspian sea monster of 1970s, 550 tonnes 250kmh. Combine ground effect with a geometry specifically designed to enhance the effect and you have a craft that might be able to achieve much higher cruising speed. A new design of wig craft was presented by combining compound wing with new configuration and endplates. This caspian sea monster was a giant soviet spruce goose. The paper is devoted to reasoning the idea of developing the large wigs with perfect automatic control before creation the commercial small and middlesized wigs. Wig craft and ekranoplan by liang yun, 9781441900418, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.