Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One ...

Russ Karns of Bellingham was confident his experimental steam-powered paddle-wheeler would work just fine, but that’s what shakedown cruises are for. His test came Thursday morning, May 28, at Bloedel ...

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PHILADELPHIA -- You say pedal boat, I say paddleboat. Let's call the whole thing off! That's probably what the three contestants of "Wheel of Fortune" hoped host Pat Sajak would've said during ...

Who said paddle wheels were just for leisurely riverboat cruises? [rctestflight] is smashing that image with a high-speed twist on the concept, using paddle wheels to propel a ground effect vehicle ...

If you have a window view of South Lake Union, you’ve likely seen the giant, candy-apple-red paddle wheel fluttering along the water. And the Fremont lunch crowd — they must hear that loud steam ...

The U.S.’s Explorer VI, shot into orbit from Cape Canaveral last week (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), was the most sophisticated satellite the U.S. has launched. Rigid arms like paddle wheels, whirling ...

The long-lost paddle wheels from a steamboat shipwreck in 1819 were discovered deep in the waters of Lake Champlain in Vermont. Avocational diver Gary Lefebvre and his wife Ellen of Colchester, ...