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Aviation History
1963
1963 - 2255.PDF
Air-Cushion Vehicles FLIGHT Im BELL SKMR-1 HYDROSKIMMER 1 6ft 6in glass-fibre lift fans 2 Adjustable blades 3 I Oft aluminium propellers 4 Manual pitch control 5 Propeller ducts aid directional stability < Solar Saturn engine. 1,080 s.h.p. at 1,800 r.p.m. 7 Transmission clutch 8 Variable inlet guide-vanes: level trim- control 9 Airflow 4,400 cu ft/sec, 95lb/sq ft 10 Nozzle angle 45° 11 Stabilizing ducts (stability jets) 12 Four main flotation compartments 13 Pitch control vanes 14 Roll control vanes 15 Rudders 16 Pitch and roll control column 17 Rudder pedals 18 Detachable sidewalls 19 Sidewall mountings 20 Detachable bow section 21 Mounting for (20) 22 Glass-fibre superstructure 23 Aluminium/balsa sandwich decking 24 Z-section stiffeners 25 Watertight bulkheads 26 Extruded sections butt-welded to form integral skin 27 Main fore-and-aft truss beam 28 Deck support structure 29 Engine supports 30 Engine air from main duct 31 Engine air intake 32 Auxiliaries gearbox 33 ISkW generator 34 Exhaust collector 35 Engine exhaust 36 Engine oil tank 37 Electrics panel 38 Pitot head 39 Windscreen wipers 40 Two-man operating crew; full dual controls 41 Marine equipment locker, with anchor 42 Locker access The larger drawing on these pages has been prepared by an "Air- Cushion Vehicles'" staff artist to illustrate the principal features of the present SKMR-1 Hydro- skimmer. The inset, on a smaller scale, shows a projected passenger- carrying version © lliffe Transport Publications Ltd 1963
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