Ever since ground-effect machine popularity peaked in early 90s roentgen / C toys , I ’d mentally buried the sheer awesomeness of the technology . fortuitously , Wiredreminded me with a piece portray researchers look for asteroids in the Arctic while float on strain and rubber .
Rather than recite the slice , which you shoulddefinitely read , I think these hovercraft factoids were pretty full-strength .
• A 6 - gross ton hovercraft has such even exercising weight statistical distribution that it redact no more pressure on a point of ice than a seagull standing on one leg
• This means said ground-effect machine could cruise over 4 - inch trash without cracking it
• Btw , that hovercraft can cruise up to 50 mph
• And its range of a function before refueling is 500 statute mile
Indeed , I could suppose bad scenarios than aviate around the Arctic at 50 mph , sway AC / DC through the stereo . ( There was no mention of a stereo , but give a man a dream , OK ? ) [ wire ]
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