CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 5 months agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11cross-posted to: electricvehicles@slrpnk.net
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minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoSo electric catamarans?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agohydrofoiling catamarans, but yes
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months 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-up3·5 months agoyeah “fluid” is a broader term than how most people use it.
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months 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-up2·5 months agowell, a blimp is basically an inside-out submarine.
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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.
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