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Cheap WIG (Wing In Ground) aircraft and the capacity of that technology

(Picture 1) https://www.instagram.com/p/ Bfyc-3NFctG/ Kimmo Huosionmaa The new era of aviation is so-called cheap aircraft, what can be equipped with same engines as cars, and what are easy to control. Above the text is a link to the video, of EKRANOPLAN of WIG (Wing In Ground) vehicle, what uses hybrid-motors. Those engines are actually electric motors, what is connected to a generator and car motor. That system gives this kind of aircraft capacity to use normal petroleum as fuel. WIG-technology means that under the airplane is made the air cushion, and the airplane is laying on it. The system is actually quite easy to make, and it needs only the flaps what makes dam under the wing of the plane. This flap turns down, and it can give airplane the capacity to flight very low altitude with very high speed. U-2 Spy Plane (Picture 2) The air cushion makes this kind of low-level flight safe. Those WIG-flaps are tested in carrier-operative fast attack aircraft because...