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@QIKUGAMES-QIKU

Күн бұрын

Why are you always wrong ? Do your Research ! Stingray hydro sub has been around since 2015 - Turkey military has one and 2 are parked clearly on Google earth at 2 American ports. It looks exactly like a gigantic stingray and you can't miss it. It's sits between 2 battleships and is 3 times as wide.. If you actually fact checked your own team you'd know and not look stupid

@nunyabeeswax2638

Күн бұрын

The US is going to spend billions only to learn the same thing that the Russ-nazis learned decades ago. Ground effect planes are really cool until the moment you have to turn left or right. Of course, The US has better engineers than Russ-nazia has so perhaps they will figure it out.

@SEAZNDragon

Күн бұрын

@@QIKUGAMES-QIKUwhat are you talking about because I can’t find anything on it. Maybe that’s why his team didn’t mention it.

If they don't call it the "Spruce Goose Deuce" I'm going to be MAD 😤😡

@nicmainville9954

2 күн бұрын

😂we need to start a petition for this lol

@l3176l

2 күн бұрын

Boaty McPlaneface.

@CorePathway

Күн бұрын

Spruce Deuce

@SkippertheBart

Күн бұрын

​@@l3176l Take this like.

@kickinghorse2405

Күн бұрын

Omg, Yes Lol If I know marines or sailors, it'll be nicknamed the "Goose Deuce" in no time flat.

Calling the C-130 "Time-Tested" is quite a understatement...... It's a great example of "Do it right the first time." It's been around for EVER.

@tedmoss

Күн бұрын

70 years is not forever by my estimation, but I am 80.

@clblanchard08

Күн бұрын

@@tedmoss In terms of technological advancement it's insane. Your age has nothing to do with it.

@jetsons101

Күн бұрын

@@tedmoss The B-52 and C-130 may both be 100-year airframes.

@rtqii

Күн бұрын

@@jetsons101 Congress is being asked right now to fund the upgrade and conversion of 30 B-52H models to fly nuclear weapons.

@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas

Күн бұрын

@@clblanchard08 miss the guy point it has not been around forever by pointing out his age vs the age of plane.

We need a Megaprojects video that goes over the entirety of Simon's career, here, on youtube. I mean, he runs Megaprojects, Sideprojects, Xplord, Into The Shadows, Warographics, and definately a few others. I'd say that is, truly, a Mega Project.

@danmar007

Күн бұрын

He's the biggest woke leftist shill on YT.

@burtdurger847

Күн бұрын

Fairly certain Simon no longer works with Xplrd. Also, you forgot the holy trinity of Simon's channels; Brain blaze, Decoding the Unknown, and The Casual Criminalist

@larryblake842

Күн бұрын

​​​@@burtdurger847still missing a couple. One deals in random facts he has learned, today I found out, ⬅️ that's is the channel name

@burtdurger847

Күн бұрын

@@larryblake842 I left out geographic's, biographics, and top 10s cos he no longer does those. I think the rest is Astrographics, today I found out, Places and I feel like I'm missing one more.

@larryblake842

Күн бұрын

​@@burtdurger847he has a good tone, right speech cadence and is fairly animated about every subject he does. I'm not surprised he has a lot of channels/jobs. Plus a lot of similar KZreadrs will have some sort of related video of Simon's in the scroll bar. I found decoding the unknown while watching The Why Files, AJ is pretty good too.

That rapid airfield seizure mission is almost solely the job of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 20th Airborne Engineer Brigade @Ft.Bragg/Liberty. The specific mission is called GRF (Global Reaction/Respone Force.) These Army units constantly rotate to ensure there is always soldiers ready to deploy within 18hrs to sieze, secure, and repair airfields. I had the pleasure of being on this GRF mission multiple times while I was stationed at Bragg from 08-11. I was an Airborne Combat Engineer, by the way.

@rtqii

Күн бұрын

I had an association with a company that sells a soil binding product to the military for this application. They mix the polymer fluid with soil and then roll it out for temporary repairs to runways, and set up permanent helicopter landing pads. The idea is they get a tank of this stuff with the first wave, and it hardens into a load bearing, dust free, water resistant surface within a hour.

@ukraine7249

Күн бұрын

Tin kicking. I was at Basra airport in 07 repairing the runway after frequent incoming. 300 large rockets hit the airbase in six weeks alone.

It's the Spruce Goose .... again?

@Curious-Mr.-Lee

2 күн бұрын

Bro, we're way past ol' H Hughes

@FernandoTRA

2 күн бұрын

Also came to mind. 😂

@timtim5020

2 күн бұрын

@@Curious-Mr.-Lee are we? sure looks a hell of a lot like one and its even prop driven lol

@STR82DVD

2 күн бұрын

Could be.

@enriquehartmann8642

2 күн бұрын

Haha

Anyone else getting a Tailspin vibe from these planes?

@danielatkins6117

Күн бұрын

I am now 😂😂😂

@groundhero10casual

Күн бұрын

Please, don’t give Disney any ideas😫

@blackc1479

Күн бұрын

Tales of the golden monkey

@moonmagi

Сағат бұрын

Yes!

"Delays in military procurement" in things involving DARPA and other black projects usually translates to "finessing and perfecting areas in which the project needs improvement or upgrading to speed, stealth and other secret parameters". The fact that we're even hearing about this means this project is going to end up nothing like we're seeing here, or doesn't actually exist and is a red herring. Think Aurora.

@MrEricmopar

Күн бұрын

It means they need to raise the price of a toilet seat from $500 to $1000 to pay for the secret project...

Clearly DARPA is thinking Pacific theater here. Good idea to plan ahead for the logistics that would be required.

@SilentRacer911

2 күн бұрын

At 3:08, Peter Ong, with naval news, called the govt and asked about the plane they are gonna use against China… no wonder they said “no idea what your talking about sir”

@noinfo5630

Күн бұрын

Good point. It would be the ideal vessel to swiftly reinforce an atoll or a small island. Think of a small fleet of these bringing in e.g. a patriot system within a day or two, add some two or three semi stationary as a forward command-control centre with the necessary base infrastructure. Maybe even a drone operation centre or electronic warfare. All you need is a protected harbour, something like a lagoon, and a patch of dry land. No runway or large quais with deep water access. It would also work with larger lakes (hence the true flight capability) and estuaries/rivers.

If anyone is curious, ground effect is caused when within a wingspan or so of the surface. Air flows up and over and around the wings then swirls under them approximately the height of the wingspan when flying, especially in slow and heavy flight. This air flowing over the wings creates that cushion of air between the wings and ground allowing very low drag flight and the ability to fly at less than the stall speed. You learn this your first week of flight training, as in a smaller plane it really effects takeoff and landing. It's cool to see projects taking advantage of this

I am a big seaplane fan - BUT there are things to be said: Any ground effect vehicle is good - as long as there are no big waves and there is no bad weather... even when a future "liberty lifter" can climb in "aircraft mode" up to an altitude of 10 000 feet - that means not that it can climb out of bad weather like any "normal" cargo plane. Second: The idea of "starting and Landing at every shoreline worldwide" sounds great (the german seaplane constructor Claude Dornier used to speak of the "worldwide aerodrome" available for seaplanes) - but in reality things are quite different: Look at the places in north america where a lot of seaplanes are used - you must bring the cargo to the seaplane, you need docking and repair installations, the air- and seatraffic must be coordinated - short: You need dedicated seaplane-airports, or seaplane-harbors, or seaplane-stations or however you will call them - perhaps the "liberty lifter" will be an amphibian so that it can start and land on a normal runway at an normal (military) airport, but at least for training there must be some "wet" landing and starting facilities... and those stations must be build, manned, maintained etc. - and all this new-to-build infrastructure must be paid, and added into the calculation for the rentability of the "liberty lifter".... - and there are many people that think that there are better ways to use idyllic shorelines than building there military bases for noisy seaplanes.... Third: Flying so low over the water - there will be a lot of problems with bird-strikes... and an collision with an 30 lbs albatros at 100 knots can do a lot of damage, even to such an big aircraft like the planned "liberty lifter"... I dont believe that this project, that seems to be an only US Marine Corps idea, will be realised. 🤔🤔🤔

@confuciuslola

Күн бұрын

well said it seems like it has too much in common with the sovjet groundeffect seaplane.

@JFrazer4303

15 сағат бұрын

6 meter waves is weather with 40+ knot winds, and that stops all aircraft, small watercraft, and larger watercraft can only barely make way. GEVs are not as a type particularly vulnerable to weather.

WONDERFUL!! As long as there's no bad weather or waves, you'll be fine!!!!!!

@JFrazer4303

16 сағат бұрын

It's a common myth that they're limited to glassy calm conditions. You might have missed the part about the design requirements specifying flight up to 3km height. That's some serious waves if they're over 10,0000 feet high.

I smell a massive intra branch fight coming here. There’s no way the navy department is going to let Air Force have this plane as this definitely belongs with the Navy/Marines over the Air Force. Wondering who will win this fight.

@tiny_tex

2 күн бұрын

It'll more than likely go to the Marines, they already operate their own C-130s, an amphibious tactical airlifter would be right in their wheelhouse. I don't see the Air Force wanting any part of this. I also don't see the project getting very far, the Navy and Marines already do the "anywhere in the world, anytime" thing with existing equipment, very effectively, without the risk of getting a fancy seaplane blown up on a beach because its effectively defenseless on its own. The LCACs are too good-enough to make this make sense, especially with how much they'll cost in the end.

@black8art

Күн бұрын

AirBus?

@willythemailboy2

17 сағат бұрын

By existing agreements, there would be no fighting at all. By defining it as Strategic Airlift it fits solely into Air Force territory. Only relatively short range cargo airlift belongs to anyone else, meaning mostly helicopters and Ospreys as well as the existing C-2 Greyhound for delivering cargo aboard carriers. Other branches use C-130s in a tactical or support role but not in a strategic airlift role.

Somebody discovers the monster of the Caspian sea (ekranoplane) 😂

@MFWb00bi3s

Күн бұрын

10:52 is when you comment before watching video like a silly goosie

This is an exxciting development. I'm in the "autumn of my years" but as a retired airline pilot I do hope someday to see this float and fly. I suppose it will be assigned to the Navy although the Air Force is usually tasked with the heavy airliift machinery.

An excellent exposition. The Liberty Lifter fills a gap that needs filling.

Thank you FactBoy for giving me something to do when conversation with ChatGPT starts to lag. I know you’re busy feeding and watering your basement people, but Im’a take the opportunity as first comment to request that nature/animal channel you’re dragging your feet on. If you record it, they will watch.

Convair made the Tradewinds R3Y that could and did fly and was in service. They even were able to use it as a airborne tanker refueling jet aircraft. It could haul almost as much as what this idea would cary. The Navy's problem at the time was that they wanted a means of carrying a nuke and we had airfields "EVERYWHERE" so why do we need to land on the sea. Times have changed and China has built islands and many of the thousands of runways are either not in friendly hands or not close enough to where what it carries needs to be. Martin built a swept wing seaplane that was designed as a nuclear bomber, but the airforce won that argument so it didn't get put into service. Currently the Navy is looking at Japan's seaplane for SAR and "other" uses. But it doesn't have a large carrying capacity.

Given the increase in efficient, I wonder how good it would be in a commercial rather than military context. Slower than regular cargo planes but WAY faster than ships and possibly striking a really nice balance of speed and cost per cargo ton mile. You'd have to work out onload/offload infrstructure but if that can be managed relatively easily with regular port facilities, churning out thousands of these for commercial use would do wonders for the per unit costs for both commercial an military version.

the render livery being US Airforce made me chuckle.

Lockheed seriously needs to build some amphibious C-130J's. An actual boat plane from the hull up. They had designs decades ago, but never did it. They would be perfect for firefighting too.

Thanks so much for creating and sharing this informative video. Great job. Keep it up.

This would change the options of where can you land Marines from several hundred miles from the fleet that brought them to the theater of operations to where ever at any point. Anyone with satellites suddenly goes from having a good idea of where to reinforce to having to reinforce everywhere. This has enormous strategic implications.

@JFrazer4303

16 сағат бұрын

Seaplanes striking forces such as the Navy looked into since the late '40s and '50s have always had that ability. I'm willing to bet that we and the USSR stopped investigating them nearly simultaneously because they were too dangerous and de-stabilizing. The first ever naval air strikes were from a Japanese seaplane tender, against German sites in Tsingtao in 1914. They continued operating with British forces until that German facility surrendered.

Ah its from a Boeing subsidiary, so that will be a flying death trap, if they ever build anything that flies.

@RandomGreymane

2 күн бұрын

Not according to the whistleblowers. 😂

@urbancraft2372

2 күн бұрын

At least it won't have far to go when it crashes

@bryanachzet1886

Күн бұрын

They're saying the extra doors in the fuselage will aid in faster ingress and egress of materiel and personnel...

@robincurwood

Күн бұрын

Those hanging fins below the floats will cause it to ground loop!

@burtdurger847

Күн бұрын

​@@robincurwoodNo they wont.

The grandfather of startolunch

Very well done, once again!!!

That would be a heck of an addition for deliveries to carrier fleets out at sea . Just a civy thought .

It's also inherently torpedo and sea mine proof. Considering the US military's focus is on China, and the fact that much of the combat in a war with China would take place on the sea, having vehicles that can use the sea while avoiding hazards fielded by the enemy on the sea is a significant advantage. SAMs will also be disadvantaged, prompting the use of antiship missiles. However, there are much fewer antiship missiles in most arsenals since there are generally fewer ships needed to be defended against. Most also tend to move slower, focusing on endurance over speed, because boats aren't nimble targets like planes. Even modern antiship missiles, like the Russian Sizzler missile, are designed to be slow until the very last second before deploying a hypersonic burn. I don't know how effective something like this would be on a ground effect vehicle, but odds are it won't be the ideal weapon considering it's a completely different beast of a target. I imagine if this is a successful and effective vehicle, the Navy may even want heavily armed varriants for shore bombardments, or assaulting fleets. Honestly, why this concept has been ignored for so long is beyond me, considering the benefits potentially has to offer. Who knows, we may very well be seeing the first Sea BUFF.

The rapid deployment of special trained forces into hostile territory sounds like it's home. I think that even though it is being picked up by radar, the fact that it's moving so fast, so close to the ground that enemy forces wouldn't be able to react appropriately in time. Almost like being caught with your pants down.

I've been dreaming of the return of the giant sea planes, since I was a kid in the 1980's, seeing the Boeing 312 Clipper play a great part in Raiders of the Lost Ark!

With environmental awareness very strong the long term future of many airports is suspect. Lots of R&D on seaplanes with 2,000 seater trans-ocean proposed, this military led project can only accelerate civilian adoption. Liverpool's airport was located where it is on the riverbank of the Mersey estuary because seaplanes were common in the 1930s when the airport was built. It was ready for a seaplane terminal. In WW2 concrete runways were built en-mass pushing seaplanes out of the picture. Seaplanes are not expensive concrete runway dependent. Many rivers and estuaries can have a raft of runways as long as you like all on cheap water. So, taking into account trends, environmental concerns and technology advances, seaplane airports with high-speed trains serving them, it all makes sense.

Wing in ground effect works best when huge. Ground effect isn't dictated by wingspan, its the front-back dimension of the wing that counts, the chord. A good airplane makes a bad ground effect. America had great logistics in WW2, but did you see how fast they moved lifesaving food, water and personnel into New Orleans after hurricane katrina? There's nothing left of the logistics we once had.

Very cool! Thank you 🤘😝👍

I'm really surprised that they have never used this idea before. It has huge advantages. It'd be hard to pick out on radar as well.

@meuricehunt3104

2 күн бұрын

Soviets abandoned it because the planes couldn't overcome choppy seas.

@misterflibble6601

2 күн бұрын

The idea has been tried many times before, just never successfully on a large scale

@Thickcurves

Күн бұрын

People have been trying ground effect for 80 years. No one uses them at scale because it doesn't work. For example, you are cruising along just above the ocean and briefly look away to grab some water, smoked by large wave doing 200 miles per hour. Also choppy seas, prepare to have your teeth rattled out of your head. So you made it across the ocean but you need to land. Well weather has stirred up unexpectedly and you crash while trying to land. You might say, well it can be a traditional aircraft also. Well not with a max load which of course is it's advantage and will likely be used as such. Add in spray and corrosive nature of seawater... it's a really dumb idea and it's sad to see money being wasted on it.

2:15 *in the back of my head to marching cadence* "C-130 rollin down the strip!" (echo) "C-130 rollin down the strip!" "Airborne Dady on a one way trip" (echo) "Airborne daddy on a one way trip!" "uhGet up, Hook Up, Shuffle to the door!" (echo) "Get up! Hook Up! Shuffle to the door!" "uhJump right out and a count to four!" (echo) "Jump right out and a count ta four!" "And if my bag don't open wide!" (echo) "and if my bag dont open wide!" "I gotta ree zerve by my side" (echo) "I gotta Ree Zerve by my side" "And if that one should fail me too!" (echo) "And if that one should fail me too!" "This countryside, im plowin through!" (echo) "this countryside, im plowin through!" "And if i should die on this ole drop zone!" (echo) "And if i should die on this ole drop zone! "Box me up and ship me home!" (echo) "Box me up and ship me home!" "Tell my parents i did my best!" (echo) "Tell my parents i did my best!" "To bury me in a front lean rest!" (echo) to bury me in front lean rest!" "Sound off!" (troop) "One, two" "Sound off!" (troop) Three, Four!" "Sound off! (troop) "Give, Me!" "Sound off!" (troop) "Lots, More!" and then you start over...... the only thing i remember from ROTC beside PT, and Detail as punishment. and i think about it every sing time i see a military transport plane, but especially when a c-130 pops up. In any variant! lol

Caspian sea monster US version

Is it just me or was the format and presentation of this mega project somehow better then the others? There was something better about it, but idk what.

it's always funny how they show the water calm as that stagnating in a bathtub. oceans have waves, with wind they can reach quite high... the question is how to have a ground effect craft that can operate in that sort of theater... personally speed is important but what design modifications would you need to have for rough seas with possible down/up blasts? with me i think an aircraft trying to be close to the ground would need to actually be a sea craft, using underwater planes to maintain a stable transitional space as to "ride the waves" with relative safety and the ability that IF it would fail to do so that it could potentially act like a sub to get under the water as to reach that stable transitional space. if you can't move huge loads then maybe the idea of flying subs may become a reality. like that old tv series. a sub able to use ground effect in "calm" waters while riding the waves using underwater planes and in rough waters to actually submerge.... a variety of speed potentials but the amount you could move would be much smaller than the 6 cargo containers... maybe 1? swarm mechanics will rule :D

@MrSheckstr

2 күн бұрын

Its a dual altitude vehicle….. capable to reaching altitude to avoid surface dangers

@baomao7243

Күн бұрын

The research aspects to transition this to real world use are key - that’s why it is DARPA funding it

Watch AirBus have a go at this concept! Do you think they could use a craft like this to compliment their Atlas A400M? Abso-bloody-lutely! The UK would LOVE to be a part of this project, or one very like it, to extend their UK military industrial capacity and reach out where UK special forces and the Royal Navy and Airforce currently need US assistance! the Australians would LOVE a piece of this action too, when you consider the number of island chains right off their coasts and all the way to China! As a "left field" idea, also consider the idea of sea-steading, where communities would need suppling on a regular basis from other coastal areas. As sea levels rise, this might just become the ONLY WAY to resupply communities LOST to climate change! That would mean this technology will become a de-facto CIVIL AIRLINE solution for many! I wouldn't be surprised if hybrid power could be used to motivate such planes once airborne, using hydrogen ICE engines for take-off and altitude, whilst they can be throttled back to "generator mode" once using ground effect and electric props taking the strain once on the deck and cruising! Solar panels integrated into the upper surfaces would aid hydrogen creation from water picked up in the final moments before take-off! Imagine A380 or Jumbo sized craft, employed on trans-Atlantic, and trans-Pacific routes? ....using half the fuel! Really, the potential of "Ground Effect" is mind blowing|!

"Liberty Lifter" sounds like something in Idiocracy.

@thomaswilliams6690

2 күн бұрын

Or the first American attempt at a push up bra

@MisterOcclusion

2 күн бұрын

Sounds like something out of the 40s

@FlyWithFitz81

2 күн бұрын

​@@thomaswilliams6690winner

@elfpimp1

2 күн бұрын

Hahaha!! Right! I thought it was a documentary when I first started watching it years ago! 🤣👍

@elfpimp1

2 күн бұрын

​@@thomaswilliams6690I just googled "liberty lifter bra" just to see what happens. Let me just say, do it. It's worth the laugh!

I feel like I watched a Mustard video about this around a year ago... just with a different name.

Would a bunch of sea planes travel in a V formation to minimize drag? That would look nice

The US is determined to retain its dominance in 1st generation strategic aircraft!

So, basically the Lun-class ekranoplan, the Russian ground effect sea plane from the 80's.

And the Goose was Wood ! I'm curious how it would stand up to any large caliber fire while unloading and/or turning around near a beach head

@paxromana1982

2 күн бұрын

lol it wouldn’t be by itself, it would be protected like any of the other vulnerable transport systems by the rest of the navy

@Ushio01

Күн бұрын

If your sending your big strategic transports anywhere near combat zones your doing it wrong.

@Mr.Guild1971

Күн бұрын

@@Ushio01 Thats what I'm saying , that unloading right up to the beach in the proto just looked foolish

@Ushio01

Күн бұрын

@@Mr.Guild1971 not really let a marine landing force happen first then once a beachhead is established use these to bring anything you need quickly faster than other ships can. The 6 containers worth of spare parts and other essential supplies would be very useful.

Spending a lot of time looking at the triangular pattern of dots on Simon's arm

If the concept of operations involves extended floating at the periphery of combat zones, it should probably have an organic self defense capability. One or two CIWS or SeaRAM would do. A formation of these flying low or a flotilla deploying troops would be very survivable in a lightly contested environment with that, and very vulnerable without it.

Surfing plane? Radical dude 🤙🤙

I believe ground effects are a function of wing cord (distance front to back) rather than wing span. A low aspect ratio wing is favored.

We’ve nearly got the same capability of an amphibious c130 now with an airplane that has already flown with floats. The Basler BT-67. DC-3s were already designed for floats and all that would need to be done is renewed fabrication.

I'd really like to see how those little winglets at the tips will fare when running up to a beach to unload the plane. Do they dig into the bottom or fold away? And I'm even more curious about the efficiency inland, where there's more chance on sand and rock than water.🤔

What amphibious insurgences? Normandy, okay. But apart from that? I think DARPA dreamed this up just so you could make a video about it, Simon 🙂

I doubt Navies as we know it will survivve very long if this liberty lifter is half of what they want. When you can gun up what is essentially a large plane and basically be anywhere on the planet in a matter of hours, with vehicles going 100s of miles an hour, and capable of operating on sea and land, the need for large expensive boats moving at a snails pace relatively other than as large gun platforms, basically goes away. But using big ships as a Naval force would basically become obsolete. You would need a couple aircraft carriers, a couple of large mobile seafaring gun and artillery platforms, and a few dozen/ few hundred of these liberty lifters. The Aircraft carriers bring the better-in-the-air craft, the weapons platforms keeps an eye out for subs, provides offshore artillery, and provides anti aircraft and large missle capability. The Liberty lifters, outfited for proper fighting use by tthe military, would literally be paradigm shifters!

As a submarine tracker/hunter…..this could be awsome as a humanitarian assistance vessel I’m thinking this would be unsurpassed would be incredible in the pacific island regions

I love it

This is like a miniture aircraft carrier but deployable anywhere in the world within 24 hours interesting concept. why not make it even bigger ? economies of scale could mean an increase in operational duration and ferry range.

@7stormy334

2 күн бұрын

My guess would be if it gets too big there would be issues with wing stability.

It could also be great as a supply aircraft for fleets

Is it just me, or would Howard Hughes be proud ? 🤣

yall need to do a video on the saab gripen

Howard Hughes was laughed at for such an idea!

Why pretend that these things won't be carrying hundreds of ruggedized AI drones equipped with miniguns and guided missiles? Any poor soul trying to guard their shores during an invasion will be faced with fearless, suicidal, bulletproof robots.

Wow, Simon's home studio outside of a Brain Blaze stream!

Let's get Howard on this!

This is an update, or at least influenced by, those old Soviet ground effect ekranoplane concept of the 1970s-80s? Simon does mention some of their initial drawbacks however if the Soviets had continued with the program these would surely have been overcome as they were discontinued chiefly due to cost and changes in Soviet military doctrine during the Cold War.

I see this aimed at China and Russia, since both have massive coasts. Completely changes any planning they've done to date, for something like an invasion of Taiwan for instance.

How would it be maintained, would it be able to land at a traditional runway in addition to the sea?

Bring back flying boats!

I know im probably wrong about this, but seaplanes never made sense to me. It's just a boat with the complexity of an aircraft, which means it'll be twice as unreliable & you wont be able to use it if there's even slightly bad weather because its always in ground effect. But at least if something goes wrong, you wont be too far from the water.

This will be very useful immediately after a successful landing. These planes could deliver troops, AFVs, supplies very fast.

I've never understood America's reticence to develop and use Soviet ground effect technology: Faster more economical

Uuuuntil there are waves. In a few years time, the US DOD will be operating a LOT of starships for logistics.

Sounds kind of like the former Soviet Ekranoplane , if I'm spelling it right. Wasn't there an earlier Megaprojects about it? AKA The Black Sea Monster?

Those hanging fins below the floats will cause it to ground loop!

@JFrazer4303

16 сағат бұрын

Or else they act as skis, helping keep the wingtips out of the water. Many videos of ram-wing GEVs show they dipping a wingtip in during turn as if to help with yaw.

Call it what it is, An Ekranoplan

@nicmainville9954

2 күн бұрын

It's not though

@misterflibble6601

2 күн бұрын

Call it what it is, a ground effect vehicle, ya know what the Ekranoplan was.

@lukeamato423

2 күн бұрын

It's GEV

@gjohnston6052

2 күн бұрын

Can it reach 10000ft? It's actually flying.

@billmullins6833

2 күн бұрын

@jarred267 My thought exactly!

Cool 😎

Being the first to test methods of getting out at speed would be interesting 😅 some poor seal or delta blokes going to be volentold to do it and turned into a chunky menstrual splat in the sea

“I said hop in…” - Montgomery Burns

Yeah, this will probably never come to fruition. The Soviets were the first ones to develop the ground effects aircraft with their Lun-class ekranoplan. These were planned to carry six anti-ship missiles, but the one airframe that was built, never fully got anywhere. It became known as.“Caspian sea monster“.

Amerikan Ekranoplan ? Legit !

Aurora , isn't that the outfit that built the breakaway door on the 737 and Boeing the maker of the " affordable" Starliner?

I would take a good, hard look at how the various Soviet WIGships, some of them very large, went before proceeding with this project.

@JFrazer4303

16 сағат бұрын

They only failed because suits and uniforms lost interest even before Alexiyev died. Not because they didn't work.

The Spruce Goose flies again!

deliver troops quickly to the hot zone without risking bigger/harder to replace assets. These will be cheaper and faster to replace than a naval landing ship. if a major war breaks out, planes will get shot down and boats will get sunk. Some of our most advanced tech will be nigh irreplaceable during a major war. naval vessels are the hardest to replace. it takes years to build them. why risk them when you can risk a bird that's far cheaper, easier to replace, maneuvers faster, and can drop troops and run all while being a much smaller and harder to track target.

these would be perfect for taking supplies to subs.

I would focus on building planes that keep their doors on first.

A wing that high will be mostly out of ground-effect, no? Doesn't look like any ekranoplan I've ever seen.

Maybe it can fly safely at low, ground effect altitudes but it doesn't look designed to truly float on the ground effect

Straight for realz. Ive been patient. Lol. Ive asked several times across several channels. I lays down the ultimatum. Lolol not for serious though. However. Ive have tried to ask what the proper channels are to submit scripts or apply to write for Simon. No one has answered. Is there an email to sumbit scripts to for possible acceptance? Do i need to register for a job website and wait for Simon to post an opening? Is there a PO box i need to send a hardcopy to? Is there a writers website i need to have a portfolio on? I am determined to find out. So to that end, instead of asking and then waiting a few months, hoping for a reply, and possibly passing yet another year or two with zero responses, i think im just gonna ask every video on every channel i follow, till someone grants me the knowledge i seek! Untill the next video.

Just build a H-4 Hercules with modern tech and materials and that's job done. =^x^=

Sounds like a sitting duck! What about an autonomous wing that ferries submarines to hot zones

Yeah! The seaplane comeback! I was just dreaming of selling amphibious aircraft. Simon, how did you get in my dreams? 😂😂😂😂 think about commercial application. Oceania has million of customers with not a lot of space for airfields.

If you had a nuclear power plant, and some backup generators, powering brushless electric motors with propellers on them, you could have a really massive aircraft, that would probably be better for like a carnival cruise ship that flies. Also, Blohm Ünd Voss had an entire company to produce this exact specific thing, back in the 1930s and 1940s.

@stg8831

Күн бұрын

Specifying brushless was literally pointless

@eastindiaV

23 сағат бұрын

@stg8831 not really. There is an old version with copper brushes that contact the spinning motor, and need replaced. Brushless ones use ball bearings and magnetic current, so they are smoother, less maintenence... and the more power you give them, the faster they go. The brushed ones are really old.

I have also read the DoD wants an updated Catalina

@Smokeyr67

Күн бұрын

Nah, there's a company that wants to sell a turbo prop version of the Catalina to the DoD.

If there isn’t an mc-130j or 3 that do exactly that I’d be extremely surprised. I don’t know where they’d keep them and maybe I have too much confidence in our military.

How does a crosswind effect a sea skimming aircraft?

It goes to show that just like war never changes. The designs of the aircraft we use never change just technology.

@nathanielskiba6366

2 күн бұрын

Never changes... Proceeds to describe change.

Who else thinks that the General Atomics version looks like something straight out Fallout 4? Hell, Gen Atomics already exists in the game!

A liberty lifter is what I use to eat freedom fries 😂

Flying boat fuselages cause a lot of drag. A hydrofoil arrangement under a tubular fuselage would be more efficient.

@baomao7243

Күн бұрын

At a speed of 100’s of kts ? I am willing to believe, but please persuade me.

@parrotraiser6541

Күн бұрын

@@baomao7243 The foils are merely to lift the hull out of the water on takeoff, then retracted like normal gear in flight.

@baomao7243

Күн бұрын

@@parrotraiser6541 Apologies, i thought you were advocating for a super fast hydrofoil. I agree with your concept. But at what cost to weight and reliability. I am actually a big believer in using underwater “lift” - both in boats and electricity generation (eg Atargis or similar WEC systems).

“Smithers, we’ll take the Spruce Moose, hop in!!…I said ‘hop in.’”