Abstract
An Air cushion vehicle is a vehicle that flies like a plane but can float like a boat, can drive like a car but will traverse ditches and gullies as it is a flat terrain. An air cushion vehicle also sometimes called an air cushion vehicle because it can hover over or move across land or water surfaces while being held off from the surfaces by a cushion of air. A Hovercraft can travel over all types of surfaces including grass, mud, muskeg, sand, quicksand, water and ice .Hovercraft prefer gentle terrain although they are capable of climbing slopes up to 20%, depending upon surface characteristics. Modern Hovercrafts are used for many applications where people and equipment need to travel at speed over water but be able load and unload on land. For example they are used as passenger or freight carriers, as recreational machines and even use as warships. Hovercrafts are very exciting to fly and feeling of effortlessly traveling from land to water and back again is unique.
Highlights
A hovercraft, known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary
In order to lift the Air cushion vehicle, the pressurized air must push against the surface of the water
By using Air cushion vehicle no need of change of vehicle according to the land
Summary
A hovercraft, known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. The air is typically blown through slots or holes around the outside of a disk or oval shaped platform, giving most hovercraft a characteristic roundedrectangle shape. This cushion is contained within a flexible "skirt", which allows the vehicle to travel over small obstructions without damage. Vehicles designed to travel close to but above ground or water These vehicles are supported in various ways. Some of them have a specially designed wing that will lift them just off the surface over which they travel when they have reached a sufficient horizontal speed (the ground effect). Air-cushion suspension has been applied to other forms of transportation, in
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