Ottawa, Ontario, October 4 – 6, 1983
Sponsored by Canadian Air Cushion Technology Society of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute,
co-sponsored by The Hovercraft Society.
Introduction
This conference covered a wide range of air cushion technology., this time including experimental aircushion landing systems aimed at rough or unprepared landing locations, industrial load moving systems and tracked vehicles using air cushion support for the tracks and buoyancy.
Results from research into cushion motions damping, and Air Cushion Icebreaking bow platform testing that enabled use of smaller vessels for harbour clearance are presented.
From the UK came a presentation of the latest approach to regulation of light hovercraft for coastal and exposed environment use, and from Finland, Wartsila presented their latest ACV designs.
Within this Conference several papers were presented without printed handouts, there just being an abstract which is included here.
Click on the bold headings to load the Front Matter and contents of each session. The page location of each paper in a session pdf is given in brackets against the heading.
Front Matter and Keynote Address by Peter M Winter, Air Vehicles Ltd
Session 1 – Concepts and Innovation
The Segmented Air Track Amphibious All-Terrain Vehicle (p3)
W Bertelsen, Bertelsen Inc
Coast Shallows and the Nuclear Deterrent: An alternative basing mode for the MX Missile (p11)
A Jones Jn. And A R Coll, Georgetown University
Review of NASA ACLS Research (p14)
R H Dougherty, NASA Langley Research Center
Session 2 – Analysis and Experiment
Simulation of Air Cushion Heave Dynamics with Vent Valve Relay Control (p3)
J R Amyot, National Research Council of Canada
An Experiment on Active Control of Air Cushion Heave Dynamics (p9)
J R Amyot and H S Fowler, National Research Council of Canada
High Speed Air Cushion Icebreaking: Membrane Ice Model (p16)
M J Hinchey, Memorial University of Newfoundland
An Overview of Current Air Cushion Research at UTIAS (Abstract) (p25)
P A Sullivan, Institute for Aerospace Studies, University of Toronto
(Note ’74 programme was summarised in a note – ref CACTS Papers Feb 2025 under CACTS Papers Menu item)
Heave stiffness Hysteresis Measurements on a large-scale Air Cushion (p26)
T A Graham, P A Sullivan, National Research Council of Canada and M J Hinchey, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Session 3 – Design and Development
SailRail Industrial Application Update (p3)
T O Scott and H E Gladish, SailRail division of E B Eddy Forest Products Ltd
Canadian Coast Guard ACIB – 1982/83 trials (p4)
P Markham, German and Milne, J E Laframboise, Transport Canada and M A Ball, Canadian Coastguard
Development of Hovercraft 140 (Abstract) (p13)
D Jones, Jones Kirwan and Associates and J De Konig, AirTrek Ltd, Ontario
(Note – some details of the craft in Sept 1993 paper Skirts Experience by Sullivan and Jones.
This is in CACTS papers menu item folder)
Air Cushion Landing Gear Elastic Trunk Progress (Abstract) (p14)
T D Earl, Bell Aerospace Canada Textron, Grand Bend, Ontario
Initial Experience with a Three Plenum Cell Air Cushion Equipment Transporter (Abstract) (p15)
R G Helm, Bell Aerospace Canada Textron, Grand Bend, Ontario
Session 4 – Operations and Economics
The Design and Construction of Light Hovercraft for use in Coastal and Exposed Environments (p3)
A Bliault, Hovercraft Club of Great Britain Scrutineering Committee
Wartsila New Generation Air Cushion Vehicles (p16)
S Korpoo, Wartsila Helsinki Shipyard
Canadian Air Cushion Vehicle Safety Standards – The Flexible Approach (p21)
R G Wade, Canadian Coastguard
A Fan for all Reasons (Abstract) (p25)
J McGrath, Canadian Coastguard
