hot News:
This web site is so stuffed full that I have run out of free web space.
So there is now an 'Extra' web site for
the overflow.
Go to :http://freespace.virgin.net/home.taylor/
for exciting video
clips of the WhizzyWig XGE MK5 prototype and other WIG craft.
New: February 2003 - See new photos of MK5 on snow first pitures of MK6. Also model WhizzyWig XGE's in the WhizzyWig Gallery: WhizzyWig XGE Gallery New: See video clips of the WhizzyWig XGE model, other models and full size craft in action at the new Video Clip Gallery site. New: Read about the development of my WIG models in the latest issue of Dutch magazine "RC Model" (issue nr 4. Summer 2002, in Dutch language) RC Model New: MESSAGES page - for people who have tried to contact me but I have been unable to reply. If you have waited a long time for a reply, this could be why. New: The Proceedings of the EUROAVIA EAGES Ground Effect Symposium 12-15 June, 2001, Toulouse, France is now available to buy. Go to : http://eleves.supaero.fr/page-perso/club/euroavia/eages/eages.htm to place your order. Plans for the WhizzyWig XGE model WIG/Ekranoplan
are now available, so check out the details and place an order:
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My latest modified WhizzyWig XGE model, fitted with experimental multi-functional
flaps and wing tips (Jan 2003).
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This craft was built and ‘flown’ in 1964,
so you can see a bit of history in the making.
Click here to see the Caspian Sea Monster in the Video Clips Gallery |
Links to other parts of this site:
Commercial exploitation of Ekranoplan technology |
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26 - 28 February 2002. Nice, France. |
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GROUND EFFECT MACHINES SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA JUNE 21-23, 2000 |
List
of Papers GEM 2000 International Conference
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Ekranoplans and Wing-in-Ground effect Vehicles. These are a new class of vehicles that 'fly' very close to the ground, like a cross between a boat, a hovercraft and an aeroplane. For some 20 years I have followed the developments in in this field, have built several radio controlled models and written professional & amateur papers on the subject. Click photo to see. |
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Other Models and Experiments.
Includes experimental radio controlled model hydrofoils, stepped hull boats and others. Click photo to see. |
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Model articles. |
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Contact Details. E-mail me at: home.taylor@virgin.net