The ground-effect (GE) refers to the almost mystical property where the interaction of the airflow around an aircraft’s wing and the ground massively increases efficiency due to the reduction of ...

SO ON CALM, CLEAR NIGHTS, THE GROUND COOLS THE AIR NEAR THE GROUND ... take balloons in one direction when the weather pattern is in effect. Then, higher northbound winds blowing in the opposite ...

The Coanda effect is an aerodynamic principle regarding the way fluids tend to flow along curved surfaces ... the drone was unable to fly outside of ground effect, with its weight exceeding ...

Billy Thalheimer and Mike Klinker have raised $9.5 million from the likes of Y Combinator, Mark Cuban and Peter Thiel, among other investors, to reimagine the wing-in-ground effect (WIG ...

To be called Orlan, these brand new ground effect vehicles are to come into existence ... KM, powered by ten Dobrynin RD-7 axial-flow turbojet engines, was capable of reaching speeds of 500 ...

Using the wing-in-ground effect, this 180-mph (290-km/h) beast promises twice the range of an electric aircraft, and a revolution in coastal transport. "The speed, comfort, and navigation systems ...

Billy Thalheimer and Mike Klinker have raised $9.5 million from the likes of Y Combinator, Mark Cuban and Peter Thiel, among other investors, to reimagine the wing-in-ground effect (WIG ...