CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11
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minus-squareHuudaHarkiten@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoFrom the thumbnail I thought maybe they were hovercraft of some sort… But nope, its even less “flying” than a hovercraft.
minus-squarecomrade_twisty@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoSo electric catamarans?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agohydrofoiling catamarans, but yes
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 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-up3·1 month agoyeah “fluid” is a broader term than how most people use it.
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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-up2·1 month agowell, a blimp is basically an inside-out submarine.
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.