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Originally Posted by codeman671
It makes sense that the cargo would be everywhere which gives it a misleading appearance. What caused it to flip in this case?
No agenda here, just trying to put some sense to this tragic mess. Having looked into hovercrafts before I am curious. I haven't ruled one out for the future.
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An earlier post had indicated the craft had stalled and the operator was trying to restart it. I am not familiar with these units at all, but did notice that in the recovered photo I saw that it looked particularly small. If the unit had stalled over open water and the skirt deflated, how stable are these units on open water under these conditions?
Perhaps someone that is familiar with this particular model would know? It appears that something caused it to flip completely over at or near the water/ice line. I guess my question is do these units, which would appear to be top heavy if on water with a deflated skirt, have a tendency to be unstable given the conditions that day?