Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm so this brings up the question did the "Spruce Goose" really "fly" or was it really just taking advantage of the "Ground Effects" (Vehicle) concept and riding on that cushion of air between the underside of the (small/narrow IMO) wings and the "sea" Seems the GEV reached about the same height as the Goose with about the same total wing area. Where's the mythbusters and that giant tread mill?
Re: Interesting piece of Soviet aviation history
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#2902552 03/25/2101:26 AM03/25/2101:26 AM
I have flown many airplanes in ground effects,(within one wing span of the surface) the air builds up under the front edges of the wings and hold it up above the ground, if you slow down a tiny bit it will land, if you make it accelerate a tiny bit it will gain altitude and break out of ground effects The spruce goose never flew above ground effects, it was built mainly out of wood and it may have broken apart above ground effects, it wasn't design to fly very long as the proof of concept model
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Re: Interesting piece of Soviet aviation history
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#2902604 03/25/2109:31 AM03/25/2109:31 AM
My grandfather was involved with the spuce goose.I think its a beautiful plane!And to me it got off the ground and flew.I understand the ground effects talk,but to me it got off the ground/water and flew,and it flew for 1 mile above the water.
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#2902667 03/25/2112:36 PM03/25/2112:36 PM
On the ill named "Spruce Goose", It was quite an accomplishment IMO no matter what got it airborne, but I'm of the "water effect" camp, and I'm OK with that.
I have been inside the plane, its very impressive.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
Re: Interesting piece of Soviet aviation history
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#2903055 03/26/2103:50 PM03/26/2103:50 PM
it at first sounded like it was originally submerged, hence my question, and evidently not.
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