Test with Polini Thor engine

ekranoplan photo 2

Polini Thor 250. This engine is what I need! I finally tried it out today. The propeller that I ordered a month ago came and this morning I tied the ekranoplan to the boxes at the entrance to the hangar where I work and started the engine. On the model, I already tested the method of binding the ekranoplan, so I knew how and in what places to bind it so that it could stand symmetrically in the air stream. In short, everything worked out for me. The boat flew up and stayed in the air while I held full throttle. I think that on the water I will give full throttle and immediately jump out of the water, and as the speed increases, I will slow down the throttle and get the right flight. I would very much like the rear wing to work correctly and the flight would turn out to be horizontally even, and not with a raised nose. The model flew smoothly and so far everything worked out just like on the model, so there is no reason to worry about the fact that the full-size device will carry itself any differently. It remains to wait for the weather and go to the water. Video from the tests below.

Oleg Gladchenko