CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 27 days agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
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minus-squareDarthPub@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·27 days agoOk…’flying’ is being applied generously here.
minus-squareHuudaHarkiten@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoFrom the thumbnail I thought maybe they were hovercraft of some sort… But nope, its even less “flying” than a hovercraft.
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·27 days agoTo a layman this might seem misleading. To someone familiar with fluid dynamics it’s perfectly accurate. Hydrofoils are wings. And they generate lift. Just in a different medium than most people are familiar with.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoyeah “fluid” is a broader term than how most people use it.
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoYep, it’s a wild thought. But outside of pressure and medium what’s the fundamental difference between a blimp and a submarine.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agowell, a blimp is basically an inside-out submarine.
Ok…’flying’ is being applied generously here.
From the thumbnail I thought maybe they were hovercraft of some sort… But nope, its even less “flying” than a hovercraft.
So electric catamarans?
hydrofoiling catamarans, but yes
To a layman this might seem misleading. To someone familiar with fluid dynamics it’s perfectly accurate. Hydrofoils are wings. And they generate lift. Just in a different medium than most people are familiar with.
yeah “fluid” is a broader term than how most people use it.
Yep, it’s a wild thought. But outside of pressure and medium what’s the fundamental difference between a blimp and a submarine.
well, a blimp is basically an inside-out submarine.
Electric hydrofoil.