Patent ID: 6732672
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B60V

Abstract:
A wing-in-ground effect ship comprising a main hull, sub-hulls, main wings, outer wings, sailing propellers, a flight propeller, a rudder, and a horizontal stabilizer, whereinsaid main hull is intermediately positioned between said main wings and comprises a slender and half-submerged body, and bears 60% of a total displacement of the ship; said sub-hulls are respectively provided under outer ends of said main wings, and each bear 20% of the total displacement, and act as end plates; said sailing propellers each supply 25% of maximum required power of the ship; and said flight propeller supplies 50% of said maximum required power wherein said sub-hulls are positioned lower than the said main hull so as to increase a surface effect of the ship, and each of said outer wings is mounted on an outer end of corresponding one of said main wings such that a predetermined angle is formed between each of said outer wings and said corresponding one of said main wings at said outer end.