Rudy Heeman's "Flying" Hovercraft

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14 жыл бұрын

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New Zealander (he's half Australian) Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft into a wing in ground effect vehicle, and now it's for sale. Heeman says he's found the ideal flight altitude under the vehicle's 7-meter wingspan to be about 1.5 meters, over flat water or land, where he reached a top speed of about 60 mph in a test.

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@fredghusby8058 5 жыл бұрын

Even today Rudy Heeman are way ahead of others. The combination of a hovercraft and WiG with detachable wings-near-ground is ingenious. Both technologies have some downsides. The combination solves some of them

@totalitaer. 10 жыл бұрын

I love the wings with the zippable cover. Thats a great idea.

@rogerklinck3315 2 жыл бұрын

I love it. And I designed and developed products like this as an Engineer for years. Very cool.

@JamessterBot 14 жыл бұрын

Ok, this is just plain awesome.

@prasetyo-edi 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job 👍👍👍

@alfbittner6489 10 жыл бұрын

Outstanding Rudie. I've always had this idea of getting my fishing boat in the air. So often we would be 20ks out and the conditiond would change, and it was a slow rough trip home. Are you producing?, what is their fuel capacity, ie distance in the air?, would a moderate sea affect take off and landing?, how much?. Cheers.

@nilsvids 14 жыл бұрын

absolutly awesome !!

@KjetilBalstad 14 жыл бұрын

@ftutbs This is not a plane, it is based on ground effects for flying. A high wing design would not work as the wings would not generate enought lift. Even if the wings has no aileron it is not unstable, again, thanks to ground effects. If one wing dips the pressure will push it back up. You could go for an hydrofoil, but that is not really comparable to this.

$@frackcha$

@frackcha 13 жыл бұрын

@cosminso1230 oh my days..... pause the video at 1:24, you can see the ducted fan (the round thing behind the passenger) just behind that there are two rudders, if you have the video paused, look at the white thing with the red writing at the top, those two rudders change the direction of airflow, turning the craft....

@hogey74 14 жыл бұрын

I don't know who got there first but universal hovercraft do something very similar called the hoverwing. This Kiwi guy has better wing design though plus extra refinements. I reckon there would be a market for something like this as a commuter-type vehicle for harbour/river cities - The islands off Auckland for example.

@edilbertosantana8307 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@TchockozzoPauloFigueiredo 10 жыл бұрын

Muito bacana...quero um desse tb!

@fabzter88 12 жыл бұрын

I defiantly want one NOW!!! :D

@1Passingthrew1 11 жыл бұрын

They actually got the 'plane' up and flying. It was known in the West as the 'Caspian Sea Monster', or something like that. It was not until after the end of the Cold War that details were released. There was a documentary about it on the TV some time back. It was a 'Ground/Wave Effect' aeroplane and was very quick for its size and concept.

@bricology 5 жыл бұрын

Ground-effect has been known since before airplanes existed. Early glider pilots noticed the phenomenon. And once airplanes were invented, it became more pronounced, since take-off also produced it. In the 1920s, a Frenchman theorized an aircraft that would intentionally stay in surface-effect. When autogyros and helicopters came along, the surface-effect phenomenon became a serious issue, since it could make the difference between a craft being able to break free of it or not. The Russian "Caspian Sea Monster" ekranoplans of the 1960s built upon the science developed from those earlier studies.

$@frackcha$

@frackcha 13 жыл бұрын

@cosminso1230 "how does the hovercraft part of this turn? what does it use to turn left and right when it hovers???" your kidding right??? you can see the rudders clearly at about 1:20...

@podiodi 14 жыл бұрын

Ahh... to sail above the traffic of the 405... Where can I get one?

@conantdog 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant 👀

@johnnyllooddte3415 6 жыл бұрын

ive been trying to build something like this for years

@legojoe12345 14 жыл бұрын

I would like one of those

@WHDRWN 4 ай бұрын

Your move cleetus!

@RoboTekno 14 жыл бұрын

I love it! :D

@violinmASTERZZZZZZ 11 жыл бұрын

Will it blend?

@paul06101939 12 жыл бұрын

Give more information where? and

@aybss8871 3 жыл бұрын

Him: we are landing in the Hudson. Control tower: wait what?

@ccccen 12 жыл бұрын

5ft of the ground is good enough the Hover Craft people made this but this one looks more up to date while HC looks like a backyard mechanic invention. where can I get one ?

@ayengomez 14 жыл бұрын

I want one too!

@Dread_desire 12 жыл бұрын

wow i want one

@ElCidCampeador8 14 жыл бұрын

thats freakin sweet!!!!!

@plaswallusaheatherjones-wi820 12 жыл бұрын

please send me info

@elliothobbs7392 11 жыл бұрын

Great

@robby5329 10 жыл бұрын

i love it...wish i could afford it

@x2eXu50x 9 жыл бұрын

it costs less than a car...its like $15,000....

@koff41 14 жыл бұрын

fagan7 A family in Illinois says they have a similar hovercraft.

@twobimmers 12 жыл бұрын

can u say sti swap?

@Marineinftry 14 жыл бұрын

I want one

@highvoltagefeathers 11 жыл бұрын

I'd think it would be dangerous to leave ground effect with no yaw control, seems he has it worked out though.

@bricology 5 жыл бұрын

Well, he really *can't* leave the surface-effect boundary; the lift and power wouldn't allow it. But it would act like a stall-proof aircraft, in that if he pushed it (tried to increase the attitude and give it max. power), it would just stall-out and return to surface-effect. But anyway -- it does appear to have three rudders aft, which should give him some yaw control. (Not as much as I might prefer, but the proof would be in the pudding.)

@zx6rtt 14 жыл бұрын

i want one in black

@chestateegold 14 жыл бұрын

it seems a little bit risky, but very cool

@foxboy13579 14 жыл бұрын

is the military going to persuade him to sell it to them??

@tareqjj 14 жыл бұрын

nice,,,,,,,,,,,

@BayAreaLen 14 жыл бұрын

That thing is bitchin'!

@PistonDriven 14 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Genius defined as "Why the f**k didn't I think of that.....!?"

@Dirksechzehn 11 жыл бұрын

The idea is way older, even Universal Hovercraft is copying. His idea is, as I understand, the quick lightweight conversion of a small hovercraft into a flying thing, so you could transport it on a standard trailer. But they all suffer from waves, you're lost when you can't start again from your target area.

@johnnyllooddte3415 6 жыл бұрын

people develop the same thing seperately around the world everyday moron

@user-ne8zi8ep9x 11 жыл бұрын

именно эту хозяин продает за 13 тыс долларов... максимально бюджетный аналог (2 движка от паратрайков... суммарно 40лс) обойдется в районе 10 тыс... но делать надо более совершенную модификацию.. свяжись через qxev@ и на mail.ru если интересно - как и что..

@Mizu4ok 12 жыл бұрын

Russia developed a military aircraft like this back in 1960 using the 'ground effect' to hover over the water going up to 300mph, but project was canceled due to lack of funding so this isn't anything new.

@Hemulen40 12 жыл бұрын

Eight miles high .

@Veldtian1 8 жыл бұрын

To put it mildly, this pooh-poohs all over Hoverwing vastly, an order of magnitude better!

@bricology 5 жыл бұрын

In what way? I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I'm just curious about your rationale. Certainly, it's cheaper than the Hoverwing, but it's also slower, and pilot/passenger are exposed to the elements.