The Soaring Machines shipyard (PARMA) has built a new passenger hovercraft project PM44 “Vasily Ilyin”.hovercraft “PARMA 44”built under the supervision of the RKO (river register) for class “P 1.2 hovercraft”. Construction number 02. The vessel accommodates 40 passengers and 2 crew members. The vessel is driven by two diesel 6-cylinder engines with a power of 300 hp. each produced by Kama-Diesel. The amphibian is equipped with two variable pitch propellers (reversible), two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 800 liters, two rafts with 25 seats each, LED and xenon lighting, double polycarbonate glazing packages, luggage areas and a toilet room. The maximum speed during sea trials is water – 70 km/h, ice/snow – more than 100 km/h.
