CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up177
arrow-up177external-linkNorway just ordered 20 'flying' electric ferries in historic dealelectrek.coCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareEldritch@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month 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.
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.