Bell Aerosystems have developed multipurpose 2-seater ground effect vehicle; length is 18.7 ft, width 16 ft, height oa 10 ft; power is supplied by 2 air-cooled aircraft engines; 150-hp Lycoming aircraft engine drives 6-ft propeller which provides thrust and braking action; Fibreglas lift fan is driven by 60-hp Franklin engine; to provide stability craft has 3 circular cells, equally spaced around center of vehicle and fed by single lift fan.
Bell's Carabao
Hovering Craft Hydrofoil
Hovering Craft and Hydrofoil ; 2 , n 8
1963
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