Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One ...
Customers can now option their 2023 Corvette Stingray in a way that hasn’t been offered before, as GM now offers the C8 with a new visible carbon fiber ground effects kit. The visible carbon fiber ...
The Ground Effects Package for the 2023 Chevy Camaro is currently at zero percent allocation, GM Authority has learned from sources familiar with the matter. In practical terms, this means GM is not ...
Boston-based company Regent has taken US$465 million in pre-orders for its super-fast electric "Seaglider." Using the wing-in-ground effect, this 180-mph beast promises twice the range of an electric ...
The ground-effect (GE) refers to the almost mystical property where the interaction of the airflow around an aircraft’s wing and the ground massively increases efficiency due to the reduction of ...
Everyone knows that Russians have a knack for building some very oddly functional machines. One aircraft that never made it past prototyping is the Bartini and Beriev VVA-14, a vehicle meant to ...
After four years, F1 is closing the door on its revisit of the ground effect concept. Here's what to expect from the next generation of Formula One cars. When the ground effect regulations were ...
Ground effect aerodynamics will return to Formula 1 in a big way in the 2022 season, hopefully washing away the bad taste left in fan’s mouths after the recent controversial season decider.
US developers of an electric ground-effect vehicle have attracted the interest of a French ferry operator, which is exploring its potential for high-speed sustainable overwater transport. Brittany ...
At a time when transportation infrastructure projects seem to be taking center stage in US public debate, a Boston-based start-up backed by some of Silicon Valley’s most prominent investors wants to ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite the overall favorable capabilities displayed by the X-114, and an evaluation by the West German Ministry of Defense, the project was not further pursued.