Rhode Island-based startup Regent Craft has successfully completed the first test of its full-size electric seaglider with passengers on board, validating the company's idea for a new kind of ...

We all know how a perfectly quiet life can be turned on its head by a disaster or an accident, natural or man-made. No matter their nature, such things are also something that brings people together, ...

In aviation, the term ground effect is meant to represent the reduced drag on the wing that occurs when the plane flies close to a fixed surface, meaning most of the time close to the ground. Thanks ...

After four years, F1 is closing the door on its revisit of the ground effect concept. Here's what to expect from the next generation of Formula One cars. When the ground effect regulations were ...

Styling kits, aerodynamics, or ground effects—whatever you want to call them, these body bolt-ons are quickly becoming a popular segment of the performance market. New car manufacturers have become ...

REGENT announced the successful first ground-effect flight of Squire, its autonomous Seaglider drone built for defense ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport – a highly efficient X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves bulk lift by ...

Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do not need as much weight as ...

Mercedes Technical Director James Allison explained why he doesn't particularly like the ground effect cars that were introduced in 2022, primarily due to the narrow 60mm bandwidth team engineers ...

The original F1 ground effect era (late 1970s-early 1980s) used inverted wings and side skirts to create powerful suction, “sucking” cars to the track for immense cornering grip, pioneered by Lotus ...