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Princess Margaret and Princess Anne hovercraft to be scrapped

Тема в разделе 'Everything Else Heritage', создана пользователем Footbridge, 30 янв 2016.

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  1. buzby2

    buzby2 Well-Known Member

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    Manufacturer's write-up: http://www.griffonhoverwork.com/news/latest-news/hovertravel.aspx
    Local paper: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/business/14234199.New_hovercraft_will_ferry_passengers_across_the_Solent/
     
    buzby2, 4 фев 2016
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    pmh_74 Part of the furniture

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    I'm a bit late to this thread (sorry) but while you're looking for technological dead ends, do consider the Rotodyne: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35521040

    No, I had never heard of it until today, either.
     
    pmh_74, 12 фев 2016
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    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    I remember this project well, another advance from British designers but unfortunately had the big problem of the noise made by the small jet engines at the tip of the rotors, and since the idea was to fly from 'helipads' in city centres, the noise soon put paid to that idea.
    Hardly a dead end, the principal was good and with more modern technology it could well have been a success, somewhat similar to the APT. When you look at some of the prop VTOL things that the Americans have produced, the rotodyne was a much more elegant solution.

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    richards Part of the furniture

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    richards, 20 фев 2016
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    nick813 Well-Known Member Loco Owner

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    Hello,
    The crowd funding site will not allow you to donate...some kind of issue....

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    richards Part of the furniture

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    Well spotted. I've sent them an email through the funding site, in case they weren't aware.
     
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    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    GWR4707, 15 авг 2016
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    The remains of the Rotodyne, a wing tip jet and a couple of small panels, as I recall, can be found at the Weston Super Mare helicopter museum.
     
    DragonHandler, 15 авг 2016
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