Some type of pleasant, convenient, safe, and economical transportation method to supplement airplane transportation is currently required. This paper proposes an Aerodynamic Ground Effect Craft (AGEC) as this new transportation method, and studies its qualitative feasibility in comparison with present typical transportation methods such as transporter airplanes, flying boats, and linear motor cars which also have common characteristics of ultra low altitude cruising. Noteworthy points of AGEC are the effective energy consumption against transportation capacity (exergie) and the ultra low altitude cruising, which is relatively safer at the emergency landing than the subsonic airplane's body landing. Through AGEC has shorter cruising range and smaller transportation capacity, its transportation efficiency is superior to that of airplanes and linear motor cars. There is no critical difficulty in large sizing of AGEC, and AGEC is thought to be the very probable candidate which can supplement airplane transportation in the near future.
Aru Aerodainamikku Guraundo Ifekuto Kurafuto No Kanosei Nikansuru Ichi Kosatsu (Discussion for Possibility of Some Aerodynamic Ground Effect Craft)
1990
32 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Aeronautics , Air Transportation , Air transportation , Aircraft performance , Aircraft safety , Commercial aircraft , Flight characteristics , Ground effect machines , Performance prediction , Safety factors , Surface vehicles , Cost effectiveness , Cost estimates , Ground effect (Aerodynamics) , Safety management , Foreign technology
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