Sea trials of the amphibious hovercraft Christy 6143 with redesigned flexible skirt elements

Christy Hovercraft has held sea trials of the amphibious hovercraft Christy 6143 with redesigned flexible skirt elements.
In course of the test drive various obstacles (scattered stones, floating tires of heavy-duty trucks) were cleared at different speeds, movement on sand surface and skills of operation in reduced visibility in the dark were trained.
During the tests everybody paid attention to incredibly soft running and minimum splattering on water.
Results of the trials:
- More confident start from water with different load
- Improved speed characteristics on water
- Improved hovercraft controllability
- Reduced turn radius
- Increased softness of running
- Increased reliability of the flexible skirt
- Increased safety of the hovercraft operation
Based on the results of the sea trials a list of additions and recommendations was made for the service manual for the end user.

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