This is how hovercraft technology is designed not to puncture
Ruddy Cano
Posted On March 30, 2022 11:55:24
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Carpenter).
Audiences must have marveled at what they were witnessing when the world’s earliest hovercraft sailed out throughout the blustery English Channel in 1959. Like a ship, a hovercraft glides on water but again moves through the air like aircraft. Their main goal is to be able to glide effortlessly over water, land, air, or ice. This makes it ideal for navigating around some of the world’s most remote locations, where standard boats can’t dock and flights can’t land. The one-of-a-kind and amazing transportation vehicle has sparked a flurry of inquiries about how the technology behind it works.
The hovercraft, which combines the characteristics of land, water, and air vessel, retains a cushion of air beneath itself while floating along on top of the same air. The vessel’s air cushion keeps it high over waves and ground obstacles, making it extremely amphibious. That’s why military hovercrafts are usually used during amphibious operations. These vessels come in various sizes and shapes as there is no standard layout for the exterior design. There is no terrain in which hovercrafts cannot survive, from sand and mud to floodplains and swamps.
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