CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 6 days agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 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-up0·6 days agoyeah “fluid” is a broader term than how most people use it.
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 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-up0·5 days agowell, a blimp is basically an inside-out submarine.
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.