F1 fans will often hear the word ‘DRS’ thrown about while watching a Grand Prix. But what is ‘DRS’, and how does it work? The ...

Combining aviation and naval logistics, the American ekranoplan was a bold attempt at creating a flying battleship. Using ...

The Pi uses machine vision algorithms to find an ... and the model ekranoplan did an admirable job of not only managing the ground-effect, but also staying on target right behind him.

A ground effect vehicle, also know as the ekranoplan because of the Soviets, is a machine capable of hovering above a level surface. The machine uses the aerodynamics principle that states ...

The Hawaii Seaglider Initiative is currently testing a ground-effect vehicle for inter-island passenger service that hopes to use the unique characteristics of this type of aircraft to reduce ...

It's an effort meant to come up with a ground-effect machine capable of military gear, soldiers, and supplies. The DARPA requirements call for the thing to fly at 100 feet (30 meters) above the ...

Almost all of that comes from the ground effect underbody, developed at the MIRA wind tunnel. Elemental When I drove the Rp1 prototype, the car was already very fast, but nowhere near ready.

The low-flying leviathan is what is known in aviation circles as a Ground Effect Vehicle (GEV). A GEV is a form of aircraft that uses short, wide wings to trap a layer of air between the ...

One emerging area of enormous promise is that of powered ground-effect RVs – we’ve already seen human-bearing inflatable towable water kites such as the Kite Tube and the Manta Ray and the now ...