{"id":8589,"title":"Scotch Gambit","dimensions":"6 x 10 x 16 m","date_begin":"1966-01-01","material":"aluminium, metal, inox","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":39,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection Mark Deweer, Otegem","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003evliegboot\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":"1999-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":112,"permalink":"scotch-gambit--2","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":" Panamarenko","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/019/817/large/panamarenko.jpg?1386233813","poster_credits":"(c)image: SMAK, Dirk Pauwels","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe imposing flying boat \u003ci\u003eScotch Gambit \u003c/i\u003eis\u0026nbsp;linked with the dirigible \u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u003c/i\u003e, as\u0026nbsp;both devices were conceived as mobile homes,\u0026nbsp;in which to travel around freely. Although the\u0026nbsp;flying boat was not finally completed until 1999,\u0026nbsp;the project first cropped up in Panamarenko’s\u0026nbsp;work at an early stage. The first known drawing\u0026nbsp;dates from 1966, and a large drawing from 1970\u0026nbsp;already lists all the details for the construction\u0026nbsp;of an \u003ci\u003eAeroship Speedboat\u003c/i\u003e, as the project\u003cbr\u003ewas initially called.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanamarenko changed the\u0026nbsp;name to \u003ci\u003eScotch Gambit\u003c/i\u003e in the early 1970s. It\u0026nbsp;was only in 1990, however, that he produced\u003cbr\u003ehis first scale model. The flying boat became\u0026nbsp;an armoured vessel, made of stainless steel\u0026nbsp;plates. Scotch Gambit is sixteen metres long,\u0026nbsp;six high and nine wide. It is designed to reach\u0026nbsp;a speed of a hundred kilometres per hour, to\u003cbr\u003ewhich end it is fitted with twin air-cooled,\u0026nbsp;six-cylinder, 370 Lycomming aircraft engines.\u0026nbsp;The hull is supported by eight canoe-shaped\u0026nbsp;floats, fixed to the body in pairs via insect-like\u0026nbsp;legs. The cabin is not in the water, but hovers\u0026nbsp;elegantly nine metres above the surface. There\u0026nbsp;is an opening at the back of the hull, with two\u0026nbsp;large flap doors providing access to the ship.\u003cbr\u003eThe inside walls are covered with eiderdowns\u0026nbsp;and there is a steering mechanism that has to\u0026nbsp;be operated standing up. The mighty flying\u0026nbsp;boat was the centrepiece at the opening of the\u0026nbsp;brand-new SMAK museum in Ghent in 1999.\u0026nbsp;The plan to give it a permanent mooring at the\u0026nbsp;Bonaparte Dock in Antwerp was blocked politically.\u0026nbsp;Waterway safety was cited once again,\u0026nbsp;as it had been in the case of the submarine\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eΠAHAMA Nova Zemblaya\u003c/i\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe imposante vliegboot \u003ci\u003eScotch Gambit\u003c/i\u003e sluit aan\u0026nbsp;bij de zeppelin \u003ci\u003eThe Aeromodeller\u003c/i\u003e. Beide toestellen\u0026nbsp;zijn immers door Panamarenko geconcipieerd als\u0026nbsp;mobiele woning om vrij mee te kunnen rondtrekken.\u0026nbsp;Hoewel de vliegboot pas in 1999 definitief\u0026nbsp;klaar is, duikt het project al vroeg in Panamarenko's\u0026nbsp;oeuvre op. De eerste bekende tekening dateert\u0026nbsp;uit 1966; een grote tekening uit 1970 vermeldt\u0026nbsp;reeds alle details voor de bouw van een \u003ci\u003eAeroship\u0026nbsp;Speedboat\u003c/i\u003e, zoals het project aanvankelijk heette.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn de vroege jaren 1970 verandert Panamarenko\u0026nbsp;de naam van de boot in \u003ci\u003eScotch Gambit\u003c/i\u003e. Het zal\u0026nbsp;nog tot 1990 duren voor Panamarenko een eerste\u0026nbsp;schaalmodel van de \u003ci\u003eScotch Gambit\u003c/i\u003e maakt.\u0026nbsp;De vliegboot wordt een gepantserd vaartuig, vervaardigd\u0026nbsp;uit roestvrije staalplaten. Het uiteindelijke\u0026nbsp;toestel is zestien meter lang, zes meter hoog\u0026nbsp;en negen meter breed. Het moet 100 kilometer\u0026nbsp;per uur halen en is daartoe uitgerust met twee\u0026nbsp;luchtgekoelde Lycommingvliegtuigmotoren van\u0026nbsp;370 pk en zes cilinders. De romp van het toestel\u0026nbsp;rust op acht kanovormige vlotters die twee aan\u0026nbsp;twee op insectenlange poten aan het lichaam zijn\u0026nbsp;vastgemaakt. De cabine ligt niet in het water,\u0026nbsp;maar bevindt zich sierlijk negen meter boven het\u0026nbsp;wateroppervlak. Achter aan de romp is een opening\u0026nbsp;voorzien met twee grote klapdeuren die toegang\u0026nbsp;geven tot het schip. Binnenin zijn de wanden\u0026nbsp;bekleed met donsdekens en is er een stuurinrichting\u0026nbsp;die rechtstaand moet worden bediend. In\u0026nbsp;1999 is de machtige vliegboot de blikvanger op de\u0026nbsp;opening van het S.M.A.K. in Gent. Het plan om\u0026nbsp;de boot een permanente ligplaats te geven in het\u0026nbsp;Bonapartedok in de Antwerpse haven wordt politiek\u0026nbsp;geboycot. Er wordt opnieuw geschermd met\u0026nbsp;de veiligheid van de waterweg, net zoals dat bij de\u003cbr\u003eduikboot \u003ci\u003eЛahama Nova Zemblaya\u003c/i\u003e het geval was…\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":57,"name":" Panamarenko","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}