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bluesounddirectlast Sunday at 1:52 PM4 repliesview on HN

is this a ground effect machine?


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SideburnsOfDoomlast Tuesday at 12:45 PM

"seaglider" is apparently a new word for ekranoplan. The difference is, the new ones tend not to be so enormous [1].

See e.g. https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy and https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider

It's the same craft with a different paint job

Yes, they are Wing-in-Ground craft

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

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EAlast Tuesday at 12:43 PM

"Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat."