Comments on: JET-STYLED model liner

By: Essjay

Essjay — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:50:54 +0000

Nothing says “jet-styled” like GIANT PROPELLERS! Though I shouldn’t complain, it is super-cool.

By: Torgo

Torgo — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:39:12 +0000

It looks a lot like the SS Gigantic. But it doesn’t have “radio power.”

The Soviets pursued a similar idea called Ground Effect Vehicles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan

By: jayessell

jayessell — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:00:51 +0000

Scott… It looks a lot like the S.S. Gigantic from the W.C. Fields/Bob Hope movie
“The Big Broadcast of 1938″.

(Dang… Still no postable photos!)

By: Eliyahu

Eliyahu — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:35:30 +0000

Does look cool, but I’m not sure how much enthusiasm they would get for a cruise ship where the passengers are stuck inside for the whole trip.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:28:00 +0000

I’m wondering how it would perform in heavy seas. I don’t think those outboard engines would tolerate taking a dip as it rolls port to starboard in a blow. Of course it’s just a model but a full size craft like that would be pretty tricky to operate on the North Atlantic, I would guess.

Rick

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:01:19 +0000

Now that I think about it, I’d bet the engine noise would make deck activities unbearable. I still maintain that it’s a cool LOOKING concept!

By: aerohydro

aerohydro — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:45:34 +0000

This is very similar in concept to the craft that had been proposed some 25 years before:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....-zeppelin/

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:31:12 +0000

Somebody please tell me why this was never built … because it looks wicked cool to me! (Although it looks more like something from 1937, not 1957.)