Learning about Russian military vehicles certainly raises one’s threshold for weird engineering. But when you come across the Bartini Beriev VVA–14, a forty-year-old VTOL seaplane-ekranoplan, everything goes all WTF again.
A Vehicular Appendix To "Zero History"
William Gibson's "Zero History"
Transform Your Old Boeing Into A Futuristic Boatplane
Is your yard cluttered with retired Boeing 727s? Do you dream of stylish sea travel capped with the potential for fiery death? The Hydro Lance Corporation has a solution to your problem: giant, untested pontoons!
Part Hovercraft, Part Ekranoplan... And Part Subaru
The problem with most airplanes is they require pilot's licenses and the problem with most hovercrafts is they can't float high enough to clear obstacles. Rudy Heeman solves both with the flying hovercraft. You will need a boat license.
The Nuclear Warhead-Equipped Ekranoplan Soviet Invasion Machine
Powered by 228,800 Lb-Ft of thrust, this Lun-class Ekranoplan was designed to carry two-million pounds of Europe-invading soldiers and vehicles and six nuclear missiles at speeds up to 340 MPH. Thank God Reagan defeated the Soviet Union.
Conquer The Snowpocalypse With A Propeller-Powered Sled
What if you removed an ultralight airplane's wings and replaced its wheels with skis? You'd end up with something much like the Snow Glider, a Czech-built contraption capable of 75MPH on ice and snow and besting 30 degree grades. Cool.
Ekranoplan Landings, Terrifying Concept For Reusable Space Flight
We have an occasional obsession with Soviet-era ekranoplans, the half-plane, half-hovercraft madness machines which take advantage of the ground effect, a phenomenon which provides for high lift at low altitudes. We've meandered across all manner of ekranoplan, from the massive Caspian Sea Monster What's The Jalopnik 24 Hours of LeMons Car?
Yeah, yeah — you knew this was coming. But I think Jalopnik would have a real shot at winning. First of all, with Murilee and Bumbeck working the pits, you know our car would running like a Swiss clock. Sure, they may sneak a nitrous system into a fake battery, but so what? As for actually driving, I'm sure between all …
You're Living In Your Own Private Ekranoplan
Okay, so it's not a missle-launching Lun or a gigantonormous Caspian Sea Monster, but it is an ekranoplan none the less. What's more it's remarkably fuel-efficient, advertised as getting around 26 mpg of diesel. And, according to the Economist it's registered as a boat! It's the Sea Falcon, the perfect vehicle for…
