Good Day Eleanor Another search term is Wing in Ground Effect (WIG) Craft, (aka Wing in Surface Effect (WISE), or Wing-boat. I know there...
Here's a drawing indicating its capabilities Source:...
I would recommend you consider classification by method of sustentation (support) See attach
Graham Hawkes' Sumersibles always have positive buoyancy and uses negative hydrodynamic lift to keep the submersible down so that if it losses...
Hi Submarine Tom One thing I did notice is the German WWII submarines had their bow planes always submerged even when the sub was surfaced;...
And what I learned in the Marine Corps: "anything can be used as a weapon" "war is hell" "the first casualty in war is the truth"...
I like to suggest that we add a Nautical & Naval History Forum for the following reasons: Based on my last thread "Question about WWII German...
Be nice to have a Nautical & Naval History Sub-Forum I just searched history in Title and there's very few threads that have history in the Title...
From http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/fullhist.html I am thinking the main reason for this disparity in casulties ratios is...
Wardd still going through the design study you found and also the other index which has an article on the "The Working Environment for German...
Yes I am right up I-95 from you. Lived here all my life except when I was in the Marine Corp and when I was Marine Engineer on a Merchant. I...
wardd Great discovery. I going to review it now and probably be back with more comments. bntii - Have not been to the Torsk yet, but now that...
Thank you everyone for your comments As mentioned by JohnTT, on the Type VIIC U-Boat the fixed fin provided bow plane shaft support, see...
I am asking a question about the Fixed Fin just forward of the Moveable Bow Plane on WWII German U-boats. I have not see this arrangement on any...
