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Originally Posted by aerohead
.......The reason 'short' hulls aren't produced is do to limited payload,directional stability issues,and air-sickness for the crews.........
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Originally Posted by freebeard
Russian_monitor_Novgorod......
T'weren't no Yankee Clipper.
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Early hovercraft were omni-directional; often round or equilateral triangle in plan.
Despite hovercraft having no direct contact with the ground (
in theory), the short shapes suffered the same ills of round boats and short blimps.
Extremely short wheel based cars be they the 4-wheel or 3-wheel variety suffer the same fate of instability.
I imagine that there are exceptions to the rule, but it's what I have been able to derive from my readings.