Background of development of SR.N5, designed by Saunders-Roe Div of Westland Aircraft Ltd; basic elements and design features of small, gas turbine-powered hovercraft with payload capability in excess of two long tons, top speed of 70 knots, and endurance of 3 1/2 hr; craft is fitted with 4-ft flexible skirts and operates over rough water and country in variety of roles; basis of craft is buoyancy tank aft and cabin floor forward on which are built cabin, fuel tank, plenum chamber and fan bay, and cantilever rear platform carrying tail unit; power plant is single Bristol Siddeley Marine Gnome (series 1051); other details; cutaway drawing. (See also Air-Cushion Vehicles (Supp to Flight) v 5 n 25 July 1964 p 5-11)
Westland SR.N5
Hovering Craft Hydrofoil
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil ; 2 , n 12
1963
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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