Nothing like a flying disk 18 feet in diameter going over ... The ground effect is well understood by anyone who has seen a hovercraft working. The Conada effect is a little more obscure.

The resulting hovercraft was definitely enough to take a human for a spin, despite still using RC airplane parts for power. Sure, there were a couple of instances of parts going flying ...

Mustard The Unusual Soviet VVA-14: Part Plane, Part Hovercraft, All Mystery Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025 In the 1960s, Soviet engineer Robert Bartini envisioned an aircraft ...

Hovercraft makes her maiden voyage across the ... which hovers just above the water on a cushion of air and was dubbed a 'man-made flying saucer'. He first tested his 'hover' theory using a ...