AUTONEWS

A HOVERCFAFT COUPE TO ROTATE ON EARTH AND WATER

So far only a few renders have appeared that do not show much, but the proposal of this new Russian company deserves attention, at least for its originality. Yagalet proposes a new type of amphibious vehicle, a concept that has been around for decades in the minds of a few engineers and who are passionate about mechanics, and for whatever reason, continue to generate such proposals, although there is no demand for it. type vehicle, at least in the civilian market.The render presented by the project leaves no doubt, it is clearly a coupe style model on an air mattress that evolves over water. The wheels remain in their usual place and the mattress only occupies little more than the vehicle's clear height relative to the ground, which remains a considerable size for this mechanism.The question that remains is how they intend to hide this huge plastic balsa under the car and, above all, how they intend to fill it with air, because a hovercraft has huge engines for this function, and the model that appears in the render does not show many modifications in relation to a conventional land vehicle.As described by Yagalet, your model will have the possibility of being able to travel on conventional roads and at any given time access other surfaces thanks to the hovercraft system, such as water, snow or ice. Any surface can be navigated by a hovercraft, provided it is smooth enough.That is why Yagalet describes its proposal even as an alternative for future flying cars, since it does not require special licenses to be able to travel on land with such a vehicle, and will even allow in an urban environment, to access waterways in order to leave the traffic. Depending on the country, of course.For now, Yagalet revealed only a new render, which is added to the sketch presented last year, which saw a very similar sport, but did not appear the lower air mattress. So far nothing tangible or real has emerged from what the company is developing, so it is not known to what extent this project is serious or not.