Hovercraft
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ONE-MAN
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0372.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Engine Laboratory
- MODEL
- HEX 6
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 32E28485
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BASE/ METAL WORKING PARTS & SUPERSTRUCTURE/ SYNTHETIC 'SKIRT', SEAT, STEERING WHEEL & OTHERMISCELLANEOUS PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 317.0 cm
- Width
- 108.7 cm
- Height
- 162.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Vessels
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970'S
- Canada
-
AN EXPERIMENTAL HOVERCRAFT DEVELOPED AND BUILT BY THE ENGINE LABORATORY OF NRC AS PART OF A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE USE OF ACV'S FOR OVER-LAND TRANSPORTATION. - Function
-
USED TO TRANSPORT ONE PERSON OVER LAND OR WATER USING AIR CUSHION TECHNOLOGY - Technical
-
THE 'HEX' (HOVERCRAFT-EXPERIMENTAL) PROGRAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE OF AIR CUSHION TECHNOLOGY. THIS HOVERCRAFT WAS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL MODELS BUILT BY NRC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CONTROLS LABELLED/ MFG. PLATES ON VARIOUS PIECES OF MACHINERY/ TAPED ON EACH SIDE OF FAN HOOD: 'HEX-6'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE, FAN SUPPORT & TURBINE CONVERS PAINTED GLOSS WHITE/ FAN & GAS TANKS PAINTED GLOSS ORANGE/ SKIRT, BLACK/ SEAT, GREEN
- Decoration
- FAN HOOD DECORATED WITH 4 BLACK SQUARES, 2 ON EACH SIDE
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NRC, Engine Laboratory, Hovercraft, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1989.0372, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0372.001/
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