Here the 1/87 kit , casted in Resin of our PACV
The first PACVs were supplied by the British Hovercraft Corporation as BHC SR-N5 to Bell Aerosystems in 1966, where they were equipped with gas turbines and adapted to the requirements of the US Navy. As Bell Sk-5, three vehicles were handed over to the Navy for testing. In the summer of the same year, the unit was relocated to Vietnam and operated under the command of the Mobile Riverine Force mainly in the Mekong Delta. Since hovercraft can travel on water as well as on land, the PACVs were even more versatile than the PBRs previously used. Most of them operated in the wide flood plains and the so-called "Plain of Reeds", a large flood plain on the border with Laos, densely covered with reeds, which was almost impassable for normal patrol boats.
The Hovercrafts made up for their disadvantage - the high level of noise - with their high speed of 60 knots and great maneuverability. Most of the vehicles, called PacVees by their crews, were mostly driven by helicopter pilots.
| Verdrängung |
7,06 Tonnen
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| Länge |
11,58 Meter
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| Breite |
7,01 Meter
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| Tiefgang |
keiner
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| Besatzung |
2
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| Antrieb |
Luftschraube, über General Electric LM-100 Gasturbine mit 1014 PS angetrieben
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| Geschwindigkeit |
60 Knoten
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