WING-IN-GROUND-EFFECT CRAFT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport facility; dynamically supported craft for high-speed transportation. SUBSTANCE: wing-in-ground-effect craft has fuselage with upper rectangular high-aspect ratio wing and with lower rectangular low-set wing of low-aspect ratio provided with side washers made in form of displacement floats-skegs, vertical and horizontal tails, cruising engines, control system; lower surface of each part of top wing which is symmetrical relative to CL of wing-in-ground-effect craft is flat; slats, slotted flaps and ailerons are mounted along span of top wing; lower surface of lower wing is provided with flaps; vertical distance between top and lower wings exceeds chord of top wing. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 3 dwg