"Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) " Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Nov 2013 8:34 p.m. PST |
"The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushion vehicle (hovercraft) used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air/Ground Task Force both from ship to shore and across the beach.
Concept design of the present day LCAC began in the early 1970s with the full-scale Amphibious Assault Landing Craft (AALC) test vehicle. During the advanced development stage, two prototypes were built. JEFF A was designed and built by Aerojet General in California, with four rotating ducted propellers. JEFF B was designed and built by Bell Aerospace in New Orleans, Louisiana. JEFF B had two ducted rear propellers similar to the proposed SK-10 which was derived from the previous Bell SK-5 / SR.N5 hovercraft tested in Vietnam. These two craft confirmed the technical feasibility and operational capability that ultimately led to the production of LCAC. JEFF B was selected as the design basis for today's LCAC…"
From Wiki.
From here
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| BigNickR | 28 Nov 2013 8:44 p.m. PST |
Very pretty… and at 1:72 it's in a relevant scale… If not totally not unusable for a wargaming piece… |
 Legion 4  | 29 Nov 2013 6:36 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 29 Nov 2013 10:17 a.m. PST |
Happy you like it boys!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
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