-
maneuverability through narrow p****ages. In the mid-1990s,
advances in
sponson design made
sponsons a tool for
better handling at high speeds, and they
began being...
-
steel sponsons were
installed on the port side of the hull: two long
horizontal sponsons; two long
vertical sponsons and
seven short vertical sponsons. Each...
-
which the
sponsons would be
flooded and the ship
would roll into a
fully upright position on the
underwater platforms;
Installation of
sponsons on the starboard...
- lead to
production orders. The
design included a 6-pounder gun and side
sponsons. For "initial trials" it was ****ed with a
mockup turret with
dummy guns...
- can land on
water and rest for up to two
hours in calm water. The rear
sponsons hold two of the
three landing gear
units as well as self-sealing fuel tanks...
- tailboom, flare/chaff
launchers + MAWS/RWR/LWR
sensors on
fuselage and
sponsons, QJH001
machine gun on side door, ECM
equipment on fuselage, retractable...
-
latter in
sponsons. For use
against infantry,
there would be Besa
machine guns
covering "all arcs" – one
firing forward, one in each
sponson, and one firing...
-
outrigger sponsons in the back.
Early hydroplanes had
mostly straight lines and flat
surfaces aside from the
uniformly curved bow and
sponsons. The curved...
- "
sponsons", and the base was
designed to be like the hull of a boat, so that the
helicopter could float. However, the
heavy impact broke both
sponsons...
-
salvage sponsons, the hull was
towed 10
miles (16 km) to the
Superbacino dock in
Genoa for
removal of the
upper decks. The last of the
sponsons were removed...
