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Multipupose WIG-craft AMS-500 "Corvette"

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«CORVETTE» - a new class amphibian cargo-passengers wing in ground craft, which can realize:

amphibian going from beach to water and high quality start to flight using a air cushion under fuselage,

moving (flight) near the water screen surface (A –class screen craft in IMO classification),

flight in 1-4 meters under water screen surface with short time altitude jump (B –class craft in IMO classification),

flying like a hydroplane (aircraft) but less than 4 kilometers altitude with a possibilities go back in flight near water screen surface (C–class craft in IMO classification).

"CORVETTE" is a special marine project

Comfortable conditions work for crew (sitting side-by-side 2 pilots).
Wide fuselage design (width about 2.2 m,length 9,5m), is extremely for multipupose using."Corvette" can be use for transportation cargo and passengers in marine communications.

"Corvette" power plant

For take of weight(TOW) 3500 - 4500 kgs "Corvette" can use 2 pistons Lycoming (2 pistons M-14) or one turboprop M-601 engines. For more hard variants "Corvette" use turboprop TV-7-117 (see table below)

Aim of the project -developing of manufacturing cargo-passengers screen crafts (ekranoplans 4-30 TOW) in Russia for joint assembling, selling and joint exploitation.

	Basic performances	AMS 500– 4 "Patrol"	AMS-500-30 "Passengers"
1	Maximum takeoff weight,kgs:	4 000 kgs	30 000 kgs
2	Crew,persons	2pilots+8 pass.	5pilots+44 pass.
3	Payload
	- maximum	1 400 kgs	8 000 kgs
	With max. fuel	1 000 kgs	5 000 kgs
4	Flight altitudes:	0.6 - 4000 m	0.6 - 4000 m
5	Cruise speed:
	- Near the screen (Н = 0.6 - 1.5 m)	240 kph	360 kph
	- Over the screen (Н=1.5 - 4000 m)	260 kph	380 kph
6	Maximum speed:	310 kph	400 kph
7	Practikal range:
	- W/max. payload	1 600 km	3 000 km
	- W/max. fuel	3 200 km	4 600 km
8	Flight endurance:	7 … 12 hrs	8 … 12 hrs
9	Dimensions:
	- Length	12 m	21 m
	- Wingspan	14 m	25 m
10	Propulsion:	2 х M-14 pistons	2 х ТV7-117 turboprop
11	Basing:	Sea, land	Sea, land
12	Rouggh sea capability, Hw(3%):	1.0 m	2.5 m
13	Amphibious capability:	Beaching onto the unprepared shore with 10..12 deg. Slore	Beaching onto the unprepared shore with 15..20 deg. Slore

Screen craft «CORVETTE» is an ideal means for effective cargo-passengers marine exploitation from marine stations and islands with small level for terrorism and danger from marine corsairs.
«Corvette» can be succesfull use for:

transportation of the small groups of passengers of 5…8 persons or of cargoes weighing 200…1000 kgs,

business-class and VIP-transportation for the groups consisting of 2…5 persons,

participation in the search and rescue operations,

express service or other communication between shore and ships, and also islands, drilling platforms in deep waters, etc.

ecological and geofisical monitoring, e.t.c.

Screen craft «CORVETTE» - is provide:

a more big start seaworthiness, amphibian properties and abilities going under a solid (send, snow) and water surface,

abilities to have a safe flight under high waves of the storm sea with comfort conditions for passengers.

possibilities provide more short time a transportation with high level safety in motion.

The maximum effectiveness of their use abroad will take place in the island countries and regions, such as West-India, Jamaica, Japan, and in countries of the South Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.,

or in the countries, possessing their own islands, such as USA, China, Australia, etc., or fjords, such as Sweden or Norway.
The impressively wide European market for using of the screencrafts will be Mediterranean area.

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