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How can a 150-ton military vessel float over solid land without touching it?
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β€’ Footage courtesy: Hov Pod Hovercraft (@HovPodHovercraft) β€” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUC466JJZ3c
β€’ Footage courtesy: AiirSource Military (@AiirSource) β€” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuQxwkws2Q4
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00:00The U.S. Navy LCH hovercraft slams across jagged rocks, carrying 150 tons of armor.
00:07How can such a colossal steel beast glide over dense swamps and solid concrete without crushing anything beneath?
00:14Common Sense says massive rubber bags must hold all that insane weight, but simple balloons would instantly pop.
00:21Giant internal fans trap low-pressure air beneath flexible knee-preen fingers, lifting the entire hull completely off the ground.
00:30Air escapes slowly through tiny gaps, creating a frictionless cushion that lets the U.S. Navy LC-AC hovercraft slam
00:39across jagged rocks.
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