Re:Ekranoplan
by masklinn on Saturday April 06, 2013 @04:50PM
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Please note that the Lun was not an obligate ground-effect plane: its ceiling was 7500m, though it obviously lost efficiency without ground effect and needed ground effect to take off and land.
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Re:Ekranoplan
by stcredzero on Saturday April 06, 2013 @07:59PM
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I didn't know the Lun had that high a ceiling! There's still a potential problem if it can't land in a storm, however. It might climb above the swells, then run out of fuel at high altitude.