Enter YouTube radio control vehicle tinkerer Daniel Riley, who goes by RCTestFlight. Riley has taken a particular interest in ground effect vehicles over the last decade or so, creating his own R/C ...

We all know how a perfectly quiet life can be turned on its head by a disaster or an accident, natural or man-made. No matter their nature, such things are also something that brings people together, ...

Who said paddle wheels were just for leisurely riverboat cruises? [rctestflight] is smashing that image with a high-speed twist on the concept, using paddle wheels to propel a ground effect vehicle ...

Although Hawaii used to have a ferry service to access the various islands in the archipelago, due to environmental and political issues, air travel is now the only way to island-hop. Various ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: There have been rumblings that there could be interest in building new ekranoplans, but no firm progress yet. Between the 1960s and the early 1990s,... Here’s What You ...

There's a very discreet push these days to advance wing-in-ground-effect vehicles. Both private companies and the military are looking at ways of taking advantage of this technology to find new ways ...

Inspired by Soviet ground effect vehicles, an American engineer proposed a colossal ekranoplan capable of carrying thousands of passengers or entire military units. Designed to fly just above the ...

Explore the fascinating world of ground-effect vehicles with the 'Seaglider'! In this video, we delve into the innovative design and technology behind this quirky marvel. Discover how it skims ...

Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do not need as much weight as ...