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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 0547.PDF
Fig 1 Longitudinal section or inboard pro-file of SR.N 3, giving a clear indication of the relative proportions of payload space andengine compartment and the depths of usable cabin, buoyancy tank and sk irt. Transmissionsystems are picked out in black © Iliffe Transport Publications Ltd 1964 WE8TLAND 8R.N3 Continued from page 21 MoA working party, IHTU is based at Lee on Solent, Hants, and is charged with the task of finding out everything that the three British Services wish to know about the military use of ACVs. The first paper presented publicly by its Commanding Officer was abstracted in Air-Cushion Vehicles for November, 1963. N3 will be by far the most important ACV on the strength of the IHTU. It is the first ACV in the world to have been designed and equipped to fulfil a wide variety of military functions. At the same time, it must be emphasized that it is not an operational vehicle; it is designed to provide experience in the use of an ACV over a broad spec- trum of military roles, and it is therefore a compromise in order to increase its versatility. The fact that N3 has been derived as closely as possible from N2 has undoubtedly minimized development time and cost, and it is particularly worth emphasizing that most of the critical dynamic propulsion and lift components are identical to those proven with the earlier craft. Neverthe- less, N3 is much more than merely a lengthened N2. For clarity, the basic similarities and differences between the two may be summarized as follows:—
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