Ground Effect

Ground effect may refer to:

  • Ground effect (aircraft), mostly related to aerodynamic lift
  • Ground effect (cars), an effect that creates downforce, primarily in racing cars
  • Ground effect vehicle, a vehicle which attains level flight near the surface of the Earth due to ground effect
  • Ground effect train, an alternative to a magnetic levitation train, using ground effect in aircraft to prevent the vehicle from making contact with the ground

Famous quotes containing the words ground and/or effect:

    “And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Genesis 2:9-10.

    “In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.”
    —Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)