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Rhode Island

captain queeg

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1. Looks a lot like the craft the USSR created awhile back

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 09:21 AM

Jan 2022

It’s based on “surface effect” (I think that’s the term). But they never overcame the need for smooth waters. Didn’t work with choppy seas, but the idea certainly has promise.

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Looks a lot like the craft the USSR created awhile back captain queeg Jan 2022 #1