{"id":30493,"date":"2023-08-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/09\/why-the-armys-1950s-hovercraft-platform-failed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:17:14","slug":"why-the-armys-1950s-hovercraft-platform-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/08\/09\/why-the-armys-1950s-hovercraft-platform-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Army\u2019s 1950s hovercraft platform failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soldiers suspended in the air in moon boots and sniping unsuspecting targets on the ground might sound like a battle tactic from a future war, but such a concept for an Army hovercraft actually traces its roots to the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s when a rotor-propelled standing platform was picked up by Office of Naval Research, which based its design on National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics engineer Charles Zimmerman\u2019s invention known as the \u201cFlying Shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result was a \u201cone-man, twin-engine, flying platform with two counter-rotating rotors turning on vertical axis inside ducted fan,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/collection-objects\/hiller-model-1031-1-flying-platform\/nasm_A19610070000\" target=\"_blank\">National Air and Space Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In essence, the platform resembled a flying disk with a guardrail to prevent those riding from falling out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One piece of promotional material provided to Military Times by the U.S. Army Transportation Museum reads, \u201cIt Flies! 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