CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 14 days agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDarthPub@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoOk…’flying’ is being applied generously here.
minus-squareHuudaHarkiten@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 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-up1·13 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.
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.