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How does hovercraft float?
There are fans in the hovercraft that direct air downwards. The air is 'trapped' by the flexible skirt around the edge of the craft - this creates a cushion of air strong enough to allow the craft to float.
What is an air cushion?
An air cushion is a layer of trapped air which supports a hovercraft.
How does air cushion beneath the hovercraft allow the vehicle to move quickly on water?
Stupid la you
What uses a cushion of air to reduce friction?
A hovercraft use a cushion of air to reduce friction. In extreme engineering applications there are also air bearings, bearings where a steady flow of air acts as a lubricant between two very finely machined surfaces to keep them apart.
Albert Einstein invented the hovercraft?
'Fraid not. The air-cushion vehicle has a long history, but it as not until after WW2 that Cockroft developed a practical, commercial version. But it would be wrong to credit him alone for this vehicle.
How does hovercraft float?
There are fans in the hovercraft that direct air downwards. The air is 'trapped' by the flexible skirt around the edge of the craft - this creates a cushion of air strong enough to allow the craft to float.
What is an air cushion?
An air cushion is a layer of trapped air which supports a hovercraft.
What is an air-cushion vehicle?
An air-cushion vehicle is an alternative name for a hovercraft.
What is a hovercraft power source?
A hovercraft is an air cushion vehicle which floats on a cushion of air. Their power source can sometimes be gasoline or sometimes electricity.
How a Hovercraft works?
A hovercraft works by making a cushion of air via a motor to lift the machine of the ground.This then allows the machine to float easily, when used with the same motor to propel it forwards.
What is a vehicle that travels over water or land on a cushion of air?
A vehicle that travels over water or land on a cushion of air is called a hovercraft
Who and when was the hovercraft invented?
The hovercraft is the invention of Christopher Cockerell. In 1956, he invented this vehicle that could move over water. The craft was designed to float on a cushion of air which required a mounted fan for power.
What is the name of a vehicle that rides on a cushion air?
a hovercraft
A craft that floats on a cushion of air?
Referred to as a Hovercraft.
What is the German word for hovercraft?
Hovercraft is das Luftkissenboot in German (lit. air cushion boat)
What is the lubricant in a hovercraft?
compressed and purified air can act as a lubricant . it provides the elastic cushion to the hovercraft .
Why does a hovercraft ride on a cushion of air?
it rides on an air cushion so it can go on water, land, snow ect.
