Fischer Hoverwing HW50

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Fischer Hoverwing HW50
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Type: Ground effect vehicle
Design country:

Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany

Manufacturer:

Fischer Flugmechanik / Wingship Technologies

First flight:

October 24, 2011

Commissioning:

n / A

Number of pieces:

1 prototype (2017)

The Hoverwing HW50 is the design of a fifty- seat ground-effect vehicle from 2007, which was developed as a high-speed ferry.

history

The Fischer Hoverwing HW50 originates from a series of large ferry designs that Fischer Flugmechanik launched after the successful testing of the Fischer Hoverwing HW2VT test vehicle . The design roughly corresponds to an enlarged Fischer Hoverwing HW20 . The South Korean company Wingship Technologies from Gunsan-Si acquired the rights to use the hoverwing technology for vehicles over 40 tons in 2009 and took on the HW50 design for the construction of its own ground-effect vehicle under the name Wingship WSH-500 (WSH = Wingship Hoverwing).

construction

In contrast to the HW50 draft, the Wingship development team based the design of the WSH-500 on the original HW2VT test vehicle. Wingship Technologies created the design of an all-metal ground-effect vehicle with two catamaran hulls, between which the cabin structure was arranged. The design corresponds to a greatly enlarged HW2VT. With a takeoff weight of 21.5 tonnes, the payload is around 4.4 tonnes or 50 passengers. At a speed of 180 km / h, the WSH-500 can cover a distance of 300 km. Two 1400 HP Turboshaft diesel engines are used as drive. The decision to use a metal construction was made due to the lack of experience in dealing with fiber composites in Korea.

Production and sales

For the construction of the WSH-500, Wingship Technologies founded the subsidiary Winghship Heavy Industries in April 2009. In December 2009 the first of four planned docking facilities for future series production was inaugurated in Gunsan-Si. Construction of the prototype began in November 2010 and took about a year. On October 11, 2011, the WSH-500 prototype was launched in Gunsan in the presence of Hanno Fischer . The first test runs of the vehicle took place on October 24, 2011. From December 2011, the WSH-500 was tested at sea and approved for shipping by Lloyds Registers. The final certification of the WSH-500 including its components was completed at the end of 2014. The WSH-500 was given IMO number 9590436.

Wingship Technologies offers the WSH-500 as a ferry boat, but also for military applications. In order to test the suitability of the WSH-500 in ferry operation, a ferry operation between Bieunghang and Aewolhang on Jeju will be set up by Ocean Express for demonstration purposes . The Korean Navy appeared as the launching customer in November 2012. Other interested parties come from the field of offshore oil platform supply and ferry services in Europe. The WSH-500 is said to be available for approximately $ 7 million each.

Wingship Technologies is now working on a variant in fiber composites under the designation WSH-501. Wingship Technologies is also already working on the design of a 150-seat variant called the WSH-1500. In the long term, 300- and 500-seat ground-effect vehicles are also to be built in Gunsan based on the WSH-500 principle.

Versions

  • Fischer Hoverwing HW50 - Basic design of the Fischer Hoverwing HW50
  • Winghsip Hoverwing WSH-500 - Further development of the HW50 based on the HW2VT layout in all-metal
  • Wingship Hoverwing WSH-501 - planned further development of the WSH-500 in fiber composite construction
  • Wingship Hoverwing WSH-1500 - planned 150-seat enlarged variant of the WSH-500

Technical specifications

Parameter Wingship Hoverwing WSH-500
crew 3
Passengers 47
length 29.10 m
span 27.20 m
height 7.50 m
Wing area m²
Wing extension
Glide ratio
Slightest sinking
payload 5500 kg
Empty mass 11561 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 17132 kg
Cruising speed
Top speed 95 kts
Service ceiling 5.0 m
Range 1000 km
Engines 2 × 1400 PS diesel

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Zöller: Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH and Fischer Flugmechanik, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7431-1823-2 . ( http://d-nb.info/1121026451 German National Library [accessed on May 23, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Wingship Technologies: WST Corporate Brochure. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  3. ^ Maritime Propulsion: Wing in Ground Effect Craft. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Creapolis: Hoverwing TIG Craft. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .