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Old 02-25-2004, 04:08 PM
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this is not an air boat but what do u guys think anyway.it is a wing in ground effect boat (wig) it only needs to have the electronics installed. what do you guys think
my drive motors are two 480s spinning 6x4 props






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Old 02-25-2004, 04:52 PM
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Hover Dude,
looks good !! mount the motors and send some PICS......
Old 02-25-2004, 07:22 PM
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That's my third project, to try out WIG crafts....dreaming again!!!

Nice boat hover dude, keep us posted!!!
Old 02-26-2004, 01:06 AM
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Hey Hover Dude,

Who says a WIG craft is not an airboat? (Define "airboat"...) It's just another family of the same basic breed! So it has wings, and therefore more difficult to balance to keep at the surface, but nonetheless WIGs are classified as boats in full scale. One thing I see in the pictures that you may have problems with however, is the relatively short span of your stabilizer. It will work fine in extreme ground effect, but once you start to lift off, the wing vortices are very strong, and greatly reduce the effectiveness of the stabilizer. Just a thought...Most of the WIGs I have built have very large span stabilizers. Keep us posted!

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this is not an air boat but what do u guys think anyway.it is a wing in ground effect boat (wig) it only needs to have the electronics installed. what do you guys think
my drive motors are two 480s spinning 6x4 props






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