5 Amazing Flying Ships | WIG CRAFTS - YOU MUST SEE !

[@jacquilayton2557]

Fair weather flying.

[@lnwolf41]

To all the negative commenters, and those laughing, 20 years ago, no one thought an electric car was possible, and yet here they are.

[@gc1914]

Pelican. For the name 👍 awesome project

[@edilbertosantana8307]

Excellent video.

[@mikegLXIVMM]

Calm water in every video. How well will it do in choppy waters or the open sea with it's swells?

[@colinvanful]

it won't handle it that's why you cant get insurance for one anywhere

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

I really miss the listing of the excellent Tandem Wing in Ground Effect solution of Airfoil-Flairboat. With 17 different prototypes in different sizes and materials, there were tested more than 60.000 Nm with excellent data in reliability and longitudional stability. 3 constructions of that video are just in a planing statt and not yet real

[@bradkubota6968]

Exactly my question. And wind as well. I would think the same ground effect keeping it afloat might make it a handful in a small craft warning situation. Then you just have a slow ill handling expensive boat. And the there is winter. So it's on the dock for sure.

[@1winlock]

How does it deal with rolling seas? Not the flat water in the video.

[@4460532800218528]

Yes but how does it handle rough seas?

[@hyperblueeonbeta]

The larger you make the aircraft the higher altitude it can experience ground effect. Bigger = flies in tougher conditions.

[@sorelkim9109]

Bro, the size doesn't mean it can keep flying safely in such weather. The WIG ship is awesome but the limitation is in question.

[@mikehurricane5767]

When can I get a small one delivered ?

[@Tim-Kaa]

In about 2 years.

[@duncanapiyo6412]

I need ten to begin bussiness in the lake nearby??!

[@renatoroldansogueco8340]

F A N T A S T I C 😊 !

[@radyturbin2625]

Bagus, bisa di buat yg besar untuk angkut penumpang,

[@toptechtopic3121]

Saya setuju. Lebih besar lebih baik :)

[@radyturbin2625]

@@toptechtopic3121 menurut saya ,misalkan ada kecelakaan jatuhnya tidak tinggi

[@robupsidedown]

When I've seen wig fly happily over 2-3m swells, I'll be convinced. I love the idea, but i have reservations about high speed craft in waters with boats (you know, around coastal cities), and open ocean swell. If it can handle 2-3m swell, that opens up a lot of pacific island territory for operating.

[@Arjava.]

A large version should have similar ground effect because the wingspan to altitude produces the extra lift

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

To handle 2-3 m waveheight the Ground effect craft must be bigger. An Airfoil-Flairboat for 30 pass. can handle that easily

[@surfside75]

Just watched a video the other day about a guy who made a working RC proof of concept wig .. really cool. This seems like it is definitely happening. I'd buy that first one for sure if I lived on an island.

[@gerry5134]

Can only fly in good weather conditions !

[@hyperblueeonbeta]

The larger you make the aircraft the higher altitude it can experience ground effect. Bigger = flies in tougher conditions.

[@pedrosura]

I would love to see it fly over choppy water

[@alancollin7153]

Looks okay in good weather and low swell. What wave height can it tolerate?

[@paxwallacejazz]

It they can fly 100ft high but it defeats the purpose which is fuel efficiency. There's a shot of the 1st model doing just that in the 1st few min.

[@SimonASNG]

@@paxwallacejazz I suspect they can not actually fly above ground effect at all. They probably don't have enough thrust and their center of lift would probably change and cause them to flip if they tried it. My guess is that they just don't fly in choppy weather.

[@midgetman4206]

@@SimonASNG well it's flying

[@SimonASNG]

@@midgetman4206 This "airplane" is designed for ground effect flying. Flying above ground effect, real flying, is very very different in terms of power requirements, aerodynamics, and regulations. These can not fly more than half their wingspan above the water, so if waves are rougher than that, it just doesn't fly.

[@midgetman4206]

@@SimonASNG Around 2 minutes in the thing is in the air, not in ground effect air but tens of feet up

[@ronbuckner8179]

Show us how it works on 3ft seas!

[@paxwallacejazz]

That the world hasn't yet embraced this technology is a mystery to me. Safer speedier smoother less energy intensive now with easy to apply on-board electronic flight aids kid simple to pilot.

[@Bortismah]

No one knows, maybe it’s all the failed projects, huge problems with even little bad weather, astonishingly difficult to pilot………..

[@Queue3612]

0:32 XD it just says "FUEL EFFICIENCY" without actually telling us what the efficieny actually is

[@SimonASNG]

Better than a motorboat due to lack of resistance from the water and better than an airplane due to lower drag from the wings. Its just relatively better.

[@rorychin8670]

Can these be detected by sonar or radar?

[@robupsidedown]

Also,these should electrify well.

[@villageblunder4787]

Love the way the sea is alwayd dead calm in these CGI demonstrator vids.

[@simonz5905]

And about all, no baot or floating dead trees in the way WIG are beautiful, but I'm afraid it's useless (expect maybe on Titan moon)

[@rhuttrho88]

Bad seas are a myth! There are no such thing as waves🌊!😁

[@chandrachurniyogi8394]

a much smaller compact 2-seater variant of the WIGET Works Air Fish-8 with an internal weapons bay could serve well as a tactical multi role anti-submarine warfare aerial vehicle!!! the FSC Demo variant would do great as a fast transport for expeditionary (beach landings) missions!!! the FSC Demo should comfortably accommodate 30 - 36 marines in full tactical gear & essentials!!! or one Polaris RZR 2 4WD + 2.0 in. Lift 0.9 i-Turbo I3 2-Dr Light Tactical Side-By-Side ATV (LHD) & 15 marines!!!

[@szentagostonka]

Can an old passenger plane be converted to one?

[@curiouscaesar6813]

Understand the Wing ground effect, just curious, how high can it fly?

[@Philou-X8]

It can’t. The wings produce enough lift while in ground effect, but wont if they are left to themselves.

[@68LP13]

Drug smuggler's dream, faster and under the radar!

[@dieseldog00]

I like the Airfish 8 and that Russian Ekranoplan with the hottie getting on board lol.

[@pumpkinjelly7635]

the rich man's ho delivery device

[@SimonASNG]

I thought she was going to wobble right off the dock. ;)

[@edilbertosantana8307]

Nice, Simple ..near the Sea level.Super Invention.congratulation.

[@MoonWalkersbin]

the problem i see is the necessity of calm water/weather conditions...

[@DAndyLord]

The bigger you make them the higher their ground effect ceiling. They'd actually make pretty efficient high speed bulk transports. My favourite idea was using them as 500km/h aircraft carriers.

[@Bortismah]

@@DAndyLord look the history my friend, the giant military Soviet ekranoplan had the same problems…..

[@cobberdog]

@@Bortismah He's talking much bigger than the soviet one shown in the video. The proposed carrier was on the order of a kiloton

[@villageblunder4787]

Also love the way that if it gets choppy the vehicle can magically become a plane, except it is powered by a car engine and the 'pilot' doesn't have a pilot's licence.

[@SimonASNG]

Yea, I'm guessing these don't do choppy water...

[@lnwolf41]

@@SimonASNG Add a retractable hydrofoil, it would lift it above the chop, problem solved.

[@lnwolf41]

Add a retractable hydrofoil, it would lift it above the chop, problem solved. And a car engine is just so unreliable right? and they are developing a LIDAR system to maintain a steady flight just like cruise missiles use. Oh and it is designed to actually float on the water

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

If it gets choppy, the vehicle cannot start or Land anymore

[@ChrisC-Pi]

These are amazing, although I do wonder what happens when the sea has large waves.

[@guscarlson7021]

Anything over a meter makes takeoff and landing difficult but otherwise, you're above it all. You might takeoff in a protected harbor, fly over rough seas and land in another protected harbor. Cool aren't they?

[@JFrazer4303]

What happens to any traffic when severe weather comes?

[@ProjectRuslan]

Ekranoplan

[@PeterPetermann]

why exactly are ekranoplanes called wig now?

[@SimonASNG]

These are not all equal... Or at least, some are more equal than others ;)

[@GarryOzols]

you mean 2 amazing flying ships and 3 concept renders not even off the drawing board yet.

[@justme-n-gracie]

The Russians built and flew these decades ago. Nothing new here.

[@Unmannedair]

Ah, so this is going to be one of those videos again.

[@surfside75]

Yup😁

[@surfside75]

@@justme-n-gracie all the new material tech we have along with EV tech will help this actually become a reality this time. -maybe🤣

[@prieten49]

Hmmm, the Airfish 8 only has a range of 250 nautical miles (288 regular miles) and the Chaika 2 still on the drawing board is supposed to go 3000 kilometers (1864 miles)?

[@SimonASNG]

I guess they haven't figured out their limitations yet.

[@zengalileo]

Disappointing range on the Airfish 8. 250 mi? It would have to be three or four times that to be really impressive. Still I can see these things getting really popular in places like Pugent Sound, Greece and the Caribbean.

[@jeffpittman8725]

It's not classified as a ship.

[@caribbeanchild]

Nothing that goes in salt water has a low maintenance cost. Just sayin'

[@larjkok1184]

You’ll have to let them know that they’re wrong.

[@rhuttrho88]

@@larjkok1184 Bwahahahaha!😅🤣😂

[@eisenbergjj]

And anything that stays in salt water may become a barnacle bed that will f your landings, hope you hire a 24/7 scrapper or you dry dock.

[@lnwolf41]

Factor in that the spark plugs used in the engine cost $6 , on an aircraft engine $200, gas on the WIG $6 /gallon, Aviation fuel $ 90/gallon roughly ??possibly more, replace a worn seat belt $25, on an aircraft $160 each, every part on an aircraft is roughly 5 to 10 time more expensive, than what is on the wig. And it would be easy to pull / lift the wigs out of the water, and wash it down once a day, Its not like it stays in the water 99% of the time.

[@robot7759]

Only suited for glass like water conditions.

[@JFrazer4303]

Not true. You missed the video of them flying 10 meters up. Any weather that stops them also stops other traffic.

[@robot7759]

@@JFrazer4303 Apparently I stand corrected, will have a looksee.

[@laftiskuno1357]

can use hydrogen fuel cell

[@redrust3]

This would work perfectly over very flat terrain, such as the Russian tundra, or a large inland lake without storms. Probably won’t work in Hawaii, where swells and chop are very rough.

[@JFrazer4303]

You missed the video of the ones flying well over the water. You also miss that any weather that stops them would stop other aircraft and watercraft.

[@redrust3]

@@JFrazer4303Not sure where you live. Most of my experience has been on the ocean. I have also come close to drowning twice in my life. I have also been close to the North Americ, Great Lakes, superior, and Michigan. These are extremely large bodies of freshwater, they can easily develop their own winter storm systems. The wing in ground effect vehicles, even the dry and decline of plan, cannot operate in rough seas, where they might inadvertently contact the water and very high speeds. If they do, Any swells over 5 to 10 feet will probably destroy their hull structure. On the other hand, conventional, cargo ships, routinely make journeys in the same weather. Also, commercial aircraft generally fly above 10,000 feet, again for above the weather systems. Storm surge is what the company is a hurricane, that creates rough water that most commercial ships avoid. Tsunami‘s are caused by seismic movements like underwater earthquakes. You won’t notice this in the ceans, but you will notice close to shore, where the ocean depth decreases in proximity to shorelines. The Soviet a Kronos plan was developed on the Caspian Sea, which has less severe weather than the black sea, or the Mediterranean. It takes advantage of terrine, such as what you find in the Russian Far East, which is called taiga., extremely flat, With very little vegetation, other than moss and lichens. He Ekranoplan can operate perfectly in this terrain, as well as on Lake Baikal, the largest body of freshwater in the world. These marshy areas have always made Road networks almost impossible, but would be perfect means of using ground effect vehicles. Most other bodies of freshwater are either too small, or have unpredictable. Weather systems.

[@markhughes7927]

I didn’t know that Lola travelled by these wonderful new machines - but it fits! Edit: does anyone know what the limit is to the height of ground effect - or is it something that relates also to weight and speed?

[@Alorand]

Ground effect becomes noticeable about a wingspan above water and quickly ramps up below that height.

[@cavemanly4479]

I’ve heard it said height off the water is 1/2 wingspan

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

@@Alorand Ground effect height is dependent on the wingspan and ratio is lower than 1/2. If the craft flies higher, there is definitely no ground effect any more. If you want to see real ground effect at its best, I emphasize to see any video of Airfoil Flairboat . The strongest ground effect is close to the water surface. Ground Effect ends

[@Puffalupagus360]

I like how only ARÖN and Widget actually have real world models to show people.

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

Tandem Airfoil Flairboat is the best and mostly tested WIG craft. More than 16 different types at different sizes have been built.

[@walkertongdee]

Yea they fly in ground effect but really now, they are AIRPLANES!

[@Anvilshock]

Music is not loud enough yet, I can still hear bits of the voice-over.

[@slevinshafel9395]

do that mean i can have my aliexpress items before 30 days at free shiping?

[@colinvanful]

hell i live in england and 3 m waves would destroy an air fish 8 just think of landing that with a 3 m swell you would be hiting water rather hard at speed ? ok so itis clased as a ship/water vessel . i bet you could not get it insured by any maritime insureres .

[@yann6753]

I saw both the Aron and the Widget, in Malaysia, they looked cool but both never really 'took off'. Its a great concept on flat calm seas but downright scary when you factor in waves and wind, these things go to bits if they hit the water at cruising speed. Also, it would seem that you need twice the HP to get off the water compared to runway based aircraft which kinda negated WIG effect efficiency. Lovely concept that will never gain commercial traction, although a few may find use as mega yacht tenders.

[@gclarke4720]

if hydrofoils are used, takeoff can be more efficient and can be more comfortable to land and provide a high speed good efficiency option

[@yann6753]

@gclarke4720 you'd think so, but there is always a trade off. Foils would add more weight and complication to the design. There is a reason these things haven't taken off for more than 70 years and that is that you can achieve or exceed a WIG crafts capabilities with a traditional float plane.

[@JFrazer4303]

Not true. We see them flying well above wave height. Any weather that stops them also stops other traffic. They're designed to land at aircraft speeds, so hitting the water is normal for them.

[@waynebynoe99]

HEY! I'LL B INTERESTED TO KNOW THE NAME & CONTACT INFO: OF THE COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS DESIGNS ON BUILDING THOSE CRAFT! SINCE THERE IS NO USEFUL ABOVE CONTACT INFO IN REGARDS!

[@toptechtopic3121]

See below: ARON M80: 63, Onjeong 1-gil, Yonghyeon-myeon, Sacheon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea +82. 70. 5106. 4009 WigetWorks Pte Ltd: sg.linkedin.com/company/wigetworks-pte-ltd, [e-mail] [phone] JSC Alekseev’s Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau: 51, Svoboda Str., Nizhny Novgorod, 603003, Russian Federation, [phone]; [phone], [e-mail] Flying Ship Company: 15 E. Market Street, Suite 615, Leesburg, Virginia 20178, [phone], [e-mail]

[@MG-er6dm]

An absolutely fantastic doco. Full on stirs the imagination of tomorrow. 🙂

[@Colin5399]

The airfish isn't stylish or comfortable. It's a machine. It's loud, bumpy, and there are no amenities on the interior.

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

Don´t take everything for real. Just an excellent marketing office.

[@jonaslippert6963]

Yes, but the Airfish 8 actually gets built

[@ingridschellhaas7041]

@@jonaslippert6963 I don't think so. Or do you have more information? There were 2 prototyps and one had an accident, maybe it is repared.

[@justinkimberlake9582]

aron wins

[@walkertongdee]

Anyone else hear someone mumbling behind the music?

[@SergeyKostenko88]

Так незаметно и наступит єра єкранопланов. Дискообразньіе аппаратьі разрабатьіваются в Украине.

[@toptechtopic3121]

Ой! это так? Большое спасибо за хорошую информацию :) Oh! Is that so? Thank you so much for the good information :)

[@SergeyKostenko88]

@@toptechtopic3121 ничего хорошего пока. У нас война и президент - колаборант. А техника не должна попасть к россиянам. Єто очень тормозит продвижение. Єкранолет с вертикальной тягой очень нужен России для освоения севера. Хорошо, что они делать новое практически не умеют. Но информацию украсть - думаю уже успели.

[@toptechtopic3121]

@@SergeyKostenko88 Жалко, что эти приемы нужно использовать в добрых целях. Но любопытно, знаете ли вы конфиденциальную информацию между этими странами, у вас должен быть большой интеллект.

[@SergeyKostenko88]

@@toptechtopic3121 интеллект людей примерно одинаков, но если направить его на создание абсолютного вездехода и использовать с 1991 года в єтом направлении, то может получится многорежимньій дискообразньій вертолет с закрьітьіми кольцевьіми роторами. Истоки и вдохновение дал ВВА-14 Роберто Бартини. Я знаю изнутри войну Украиньі и России, 2014-2016 бьіл внутри єтого процесса. Россия заболела нацизмом. Она умрет, или убьет многих вокруг. Єто как бешенство, зря Европа его недооценивает. Разбуженьі самьіе низменньіе инстинктьі русских.

[@toptechtopic3121]

@@SergeyKostenko88 Спасибо за хорошую информацию. Вы кажетесь экспертом в этой области. Да, ВВА означало «дирижабль-амфибия с вертикальным взлетом и посадкой». Удивительно, что эти машины были построены в 1970-х годах. Похоже, тогда в России были великие инженеры и ученые.

[@blackwater7183]

Too bad this silly plane only works without waves. Lmao.

[@jessejames554]

It's very ennoying with that voice in the background. Turn up the musac, please.

[@kray97]

LOL...they just made up a name. This is an ekranoplan.

[@oyuyuy]

It seems like they have a lot of the disadvantages of airplanes, with few of the benefits. A boat for 1/10th of the cost still feels pretty attractive imo.

[@anubis520]

it's in a weird spot, theoretically it can carry more cargo than a plane and move faster than a boat. These examples are smaller scale but something like the ekranoplans would be a more comparable to the load vs an airplane I referenced.

[@ripF5C]

this is absolutely nothing new lmao. the idea of building planes to utilize ground control was founded by the Wright brothers and they actually had a successful flight using ground control. there’s KZbin channels building drones and rc airplanes that utilize ground control. what an unbearably lame video.

[@md.moinulislam9467]

Cool innovation ....

[@paulp371]

That is some interesting CGI on most of these.

[@JohnnyMentat]

failed airplane designs?

[@salbutamol.]

Wig flew 💅

[@justme-n-gracie]

WIGE NOT WIG

[@stevefrancis3633]

Nothing new it's based on an old Russian design

[@stevefrancis3633]

I believe the old Russian design is called the Ekranoplan

[@greatoak7661]

How is it in inclement weather?

[@wokenessaplague5387]

The ground effect only work on a calm sea It's a recreational tech where limited by the sea conditions

[@georgebutcher6320]

Like Thee Spruce Goose .

[@gregroth4696]

It would be nice to know the size of waves or sea swell each vehicle s rated for.

[@minle8702]

Great if ya got a mill pond very environment specific

[@sheldonmurphy6031]

This went full stupid the moment cartoons came on.

[@gclarke4720]

why not also implement hydrofoils for landing and takeoff and for a lower speed than aircraft but equivalent efficiency of a ship or boat?

[@m1a2abramsmainbattletank58]

One question, is it possible to buy and own these 5 Wing in Ground Effect craft?

[@jelecciones9354]

wherr can i buy one?

[@rayvaughn5658]

any one know the max height of the wave's to stay above the waves.....it can go....safely

[@layer4s]

ARON M80 - MTOW(Max. Take-off Weight) 9,479lb (4,300kg), Useful Load 2,623lb (1,190kg), Seats up to 8(2+6), , Cruising Range : 350nm(650km) [WIG Effect Mode], Max. Speed 135knots (250km/h), Cruising Speed 97~107knots (180~200km/h), Taxing Speed 1~54knots (~100km/h), Max. wave height (for take-off & landing) 5.9ft (1.8m), Max. Flight altitude ~ 492ft (150m) [IMO Regulation], Climb Rate 13ft (4m)/sec

[@andrewthomas405]

If ya gonna shave ..shave

[@shawntepitts488]

Yush

[@joblow-g5u]

Play war online it's not a game 7:33

[@Bob-q5s]

Sure, in calm seas, with zero chop. Otherwise stay home.

[@myemail5457]

A rug to cover the balding Top of your head..👍😊

[@stevenfellender8085]

Great....Until it hits a wave

[@zhenspektokabayev4944]

Первый экраноплан пересекший океан или море?

[@komolkovathana8568]

The maximum speed of Airfish8 is 90 knots...167 kms/hour ; (90× 1.852)=166.68

[@komolkovathana8568]

Wing-in ground effect... Just like Gliding in the air ..plus a little push by small engine to maintain the Altitude.. like the Hovercraft, fly by cumulative air underneath the Rubber Bag.!! Air-support. In this case is very broad (wide) wings.

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

It's too sensible to bad weather with gusting wind and high sea.

[@msyah1987]

disadvantages is it cannot fly for long distance. its about to keep temperature in low altitude, while normal airplane all fly above 20,000 ft from the ground, and the temperature surely cool and it become nature air cooling for engine. WIG engine cant do that.

[@JFrazer4303]

Name any aircraft that operates in 40 knot + winds. Name a watercraft of less that 10s of thousands of tons, that operates normally in such winds and 5+ meter waves. Sea State 5 or 6+ (Beaufort 8 or 9) stops everything, and GEVs and seaplanes are demonstrated in anything less. GEVs are not as a class particularly vulnerable to weather. KZbin and social media "experts" are so certain, they "just know" that seaplanes and GEVs need perfectly still conditions.

[@guscarlson7021]

Where can I get job piloting one of these?

[@coinwhere]

Most Wig craft makers are just building animation? Ha Ha ha Ha.....