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JR1427last Tuesday at 12:35 PM1 replyview on HN

This is like the old Soviet Ekranoplans [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan


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EA-3167last Tuesday at 5:46 PM

It will have many of the same issues too, common to all ground-effect sea planes, namely that wave height, rogue waves, weather conditions, and the ability of pilots to remain highly focused will be major limiting factors.

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