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TAF VIII-2, four-seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg II, built in 1983. Following the F&E and test period, Dipl. Ing. Günther Jörg was awarded with the "Phillip Morris Scientific Award" for the Transportation System for the future. Another TAF VIII-2, built in 1994 was given to a Japanese private citizen.
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Ekranoplan A-90 Orlyonok. A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.
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The semi-tapered 9.6 m (31.5 ft) span wing is made from plywood with composite spars and leading edges and employs a UA-2 airfoil. The wing is covered with doped aircraft fabric . The standard engine factory-supplied was the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1948 General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 20 ft 10 in (6.35 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m) Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Wing area: 131.63 sq ft (12.229 m 2) Airfoil: Root NACA 23015, Tip NACA 23009 Empty weight: 1,125 lb (510 kg) Gross weight: 1,710 lb (776 kg) Fuel capacity: 26 US gal (22 imp gal; 98 L) Powerplant: 1 × ...
A Gurney flap shown on the underside of a Newman airfoil [1]. The Gurney flap (or wickerbill) is a small tab projecting from the trailing edge of a wing. Typically it is set at a right angle to the pressure-side surface of the airfoil [2] and projects 1% to 2% of the wing chord. [3]
TAF indicates that the following is a terminal aerodrome forecast. This line may also indicate an amended forecast (TAF AMD) or a corrected forecast (TAF COR) [3] KXYZ indicates the airport to which the forecast applies (ICAO airport code). 051730Z indicates that the report was issued on the 5th of the month at 1730 UTC (also known as Zulu ...