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Why the Hovercraft's Time Might Have Finally Arrived
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| 13th January 2024
| Mark Piesing
Posted on 01/13/2024 2:31:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
If it has a 30mm cannon, I’ll take one.
To: nickcarraway
Back when I was in college a professor had a hovercraft which many of his students spent time working on. The low friction that made forward motion so easy also made it like driving on ice when turning. Have they put in more active controls or do you still tend to keep going in your old direction even after turning the front to a new direction?
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:44:42 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:46:36 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
Are they electric? Batteries and sea water go so well together....
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:48:01 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: nickcarraway; KarlInOhio; Redcitizen
Here is an article about them. I talked to a Navy craft master, and he agreed it was like piloting a bar of soap around a bathtub.
Landing Craft Air Cushion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:54:30 PM PST
by
Retain Mike
( Sat Cong)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:54:44 PM PST
by
qaz123
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:55:07 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: dfwgator
Dammit, you beat me to it.
L
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:58:21 PM PST
by
Lurker
( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/13/2024 2:59:54 PM PST
by
TChad
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:02:56 PM PST
by
yuleeyahoo
(“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
To: dfwgator
>
Mine’s full of eels. Ya beat me to it, i was gonna write "Does it come full of eels?"
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:03:11 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: Retain Mike
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:03:56 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: Redcitizen
**If it has a 30mm cannon, I’ll take one.**
Just don’t put any ammo aboard. Lead is heavy.
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:04:31 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: Lurker
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Dammit, you beat me to it. Same here....
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:05:08 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
To: nickcarraway
Most people can not maneuver in two dimensions.
You think they can do it in three?
Check, please!
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:08:59 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
To: nickcarraway
The global rise in sea levels, and the blurring of the boundary between land and sea that will result, is set to grow its niche further. Mark Piesing is not smart enough to pour urine out of a boot if the instructions were on the boot heel.
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:15:50 PM PST
by
Col Freeper
(Praise and Trust in the LORD in All Things at All Times.)
To: yuleeyahoo
Why did we get rid of these? They sported a 76mm and Harpoons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pegasus_(PHM-1) Maintenance nightmares
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:31:46 PM PST
by
Ranxerox
To: nickcarraway
They are interesting. But they steer like a German shepherd on a frozen pond.
CC
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posted on
01/13/2024 3:41:39 PM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: dfwgator; Lurker
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