Convair nuclear powered ground effect machines
Bureau of Naval Weapons
Convair, San Diego, ZP-294
"LARGE GROUND EFFECT AIRBORNE LOGISTICS VEHICLE STUDY"
by J. E. LOOS
December 1959
- 400 ft diameter
- vehicle planforms circular and elongated
- 4.000.000 pounds gross weight
- 1.000.000 to 2.000.000 pounds payload
- 100 knots speed
"Development work on large nuclear-powered GEM's is being carried on by Convair under Navy contract. These units would be for long over-ocean flights. A single continuous annular Jet
would be provided along the periphery of the vehicle. The base pressure would be around 30 psf. A platform 720 feet by 245 feet and a 400-foot diameter circular unit are being considered.
The circular unit would be 62.5 feet high at the tail fins; a gross weight of 4 million pounds with a payload of 500 tons; speed of 100 knots. Range, 3000 miles, and a hovering altitude of about
12-15. feet."
www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/410494.pdf
NASA TM X-1888
"Parametric Study of Large Nuclear Surface Effects Machines"
Lewis Research Center
by Albert F. Kascak
September 1969
hdl.handle.net
Popular Mechanics
January 1995
Page: 53
- CONVAIR 400ft. NUCLEAR POWERED GEM (CONCEPT DRAWING)
Bureau of Naval Weapons
Convair, San Diego, ZP-294
"LARGE GROUND EFFECT AIRBORNE LOGISTICS VEHICLE STUDY"
by J. E. LOOS
December 1959
- 400 ft diameter
- vehicle planforms circular and elongated
- 4.000.000 pounds gross weight
- 1.000.000 to 2.000.000 pounds payload
- 100 knots speed
"Development work on large nuclear-powered GEM's is being carried on by Convair under Navy contract. These units would be for long over-ocean flights. A single continuous annular Jet
would be provided along the periphery of the vehicle. The base pressure would be around 30 psf. A platform 720 feet by 245 feet and a 400-foot diameter circular unit are being considered.
The circular unit would be 62.5 feet high at the tail fins; a gross weight of 4 million pounds with a payload of 500 tons; speed of 100 knots. Range, 3000 miles, and a hovering altitude of about
12-15. feet."
www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/410494.pdf
NASA TM X-1888
"Parametric Study of Large Nuclear Surface Effects Machines"
Lewis Research Center
by Albert F. Kascak
September 1969
Parametric study of large nuclear surface effects machines - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Performance estimates of high speed peripheral jet nuclear powered ground effects machine
Popular Mechanics
January 1995
Page: 53
- CONVAIR 400ft. NUCLEAR POWERED GEM (CONCEPT DRAWING)
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