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Mountain Howitzer (1984) - A small cannon designed to be towed by G.I. Joe vehicles. Watchtower (1984) - A one-man defense station with a ladder, machine gun and flag pole. Air Defense (1985) - With two EE-14N long-range surface-to-air missiles. Check Point Alpha (1985) - Two-piece watchtower with gate and road bump.
The Pegasus-class hydrofoils were a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the United States Navy. They were in service from 1977 until 1993. These hydrofoils carried the designation "PHM" for "Patrol Hydrofoil, Missile." The Pegasus -class vessels were originally intended for NATO operations in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
A ground-effect vehicle ( GEV ), also called a wing-in-ground-effect ( WIG ), ground-effect craft, wingship, flarecraft 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.
A human-powered hydrofoil is a small hydrofoil watercraft propelled entirely by the muscle power of its operator(s). Hydrofoils are the fastest water-based vehicles propelled solely by human power. They can reach speeds of up to 34 km/h (21 mph; 18 kn), [1] [2] [3] easily exceeding the world records set by competitive rowing which stand at ...
The Boeing 929 Jetfoil is a passenger-carrying, waterjet -propelled hydrofoil by the Boeing Company . Boeing adapted many systems used in jet airplanes for hydrofoils. Robert Bateman led development. Boeing launched its first passenger-carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoil in April 1974. It could carry from 167 to 400 passengers.
Those are the three phases of a journey aboard a seaglider, a new type of fully electric boat-plane hybrid that could become a mainstay of coastal communities the world over, according to its ...
Website. www .ckbspk .ru. Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau ( Russian: Конструкторское бюро Алексеева) is a company based in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. It was named after Rostislav Alexeyev . This design bureau has been designing hydrofoils, air cushion craft, and air cavity vessels for many years. It designed ...
Quadrofoil Q2 is a two-seater, four-foiled hydrofoil electrical leisure watercraft. Its initial design was set in 2012 and it has been available commercially since the end of 2016. Powered by a 5.2-kWh lithium-ion battery pack and propelled by a 5.5 kW motor, it reaches the top speed of 40 km/h and has 80 km of range.