Re: GEVs

On  3-Dec-99 at 12:53, Ryan M Gill (monty@arcadia.turner.com) wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Roger Books wrote:
 
> > However, I am encountering another problem that could be
insurmountable.
> > GEV over water, when the pressure required to hover (say 10psi)
exceeds
> > the mass of the water underneath (not very well put, but I hope it
gets
> > the idea across) wouldn't the vehicle sink?  Anyone know at what
pressure
> > this would occur.
> 
> It would have to be pretty damn high. I would think the size of the
skirt 
> would alleviate this. The US has the LCAC which is huge and can carry
an 
> M1. The Russians have even bigger monster hover craft. 

The size really isn't relevant, it's the mass/surface area that counts.

Roger