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:

    “If there were one who lived wholly without the use of money, the State itself would hesitate to demand it of him. But the rich man—not to make any invidious comparison—is always sold to the institution which makes him rich.... Thus his moral ground is taken from under his feet.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)