A feasibility study by order of the German Ministry of Economics showed, that for the german shipbuilding industry a Ground Effect Craft with certain performances would be in ideal product to be commercialized for the use on the Baltic Sea.
The specification was: Transport 80 Passengers at 180 km/h over a distance of 800 km. Cruise over waves of up to 1,5 m height, and this 30% cheaper than an aircraft.
With significant support by the German Ministry of R&D, Fischer - Flugmechanik designed the Hoverwing – 80, based on the Hoverwing Technology.
In order to proof the theoretical concept, a scaled down version designated Hoverwing–2VT was built and tested
Technical Data
| Length | 34,6 | (m) |
| Span | 31,9 | (m) |
| Cruise Power | 1.511 | (Kw) |
| Displacement | 30.214 | (kg) |
| Speed | 100 | Kts |
| Crew + Passengers | 2 + 80 | (-) |
| Permissible wave height for take-off | 1,5 | (m) |
| Economic cruise height up to | 3 | (m) |