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Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974/5. General characteristics Crew: One Length: 8.43 m (27 ft 8 in) Wingspan: 5.89 m (19 ft 4 in) Height: 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Empty weight: 255 kg (562 lb) Gross weight: 345 kg (761 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Nelson H63-CP flat four, 30 kW (40 hp) derated from 36 kW (48 hp) Propellers: 2-bladed, 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) diameter wooden, tractor Performance ...
The RFB X-114 Aerofoil Craft was an experimental ground-effect vehicle intended to work over water, with the ability to fly out of ground effect when required. It was the last of three such aircraft designed by Alexander Lippisch in the 1960s and early 1970s.
This WIG craft has experienced about 100.000 km and is still in use in private property. 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.
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.
From 1950 to 1964, Lippisch worked for the Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which had an aeronautical division. [5] It was during this time that his interest shifted toward ground effect craft. The result was an aerofoil boat research seaplane X-112, flown in 1963. However, Lippisch contracted cancer, and resigned from Collins.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft General characteristics Crew: One or two Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) Wingspan: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Wing area: 110 sq ft (10 m 2) Empty weight: 370 lb (168 kg) Gross weight: 710 lb (322 kg) Powerplant: 1 × unknown, tractor configuration, 25 hp (19 kW) Propellers: fixed pitch Performance Maximum speed: 77 mph (124 km/h, 67 kn) in free flight, flown solo ...
He helped Alexander Lippisch to build a style of glider in 1921 according to Lippisch's designs. The glider was subsequently dubbed the Lippisch-Espenlaub E-2 glider, due to Espenlaub's participation in its creation. [3] Espenlaub began building his own rocket propelled gliders in 1928, conducting his first rocket test on October 22, 1929. [4]
The Lippisch P.12, P.13a and P.13b were related design projects for a ramjet-powered delta wing interceptor aircraft studied in 1944 by German designer Alexander Lippisch. The P.12 and P.13a were unarmed, relying on reinforced wings to ram its opponent. The P.13a and b were to be powered by producer gas made in-flight from powdered coal.