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sea gliders - kalianna - 01-12-2024
Won't disturb the whales, no pollution. I wonder what people will object to?
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawaii-to-be-first-to-travel-between-islands-by-floating/
RE: sea gliders - leilanidude - 01-12-2024
"The first seagliders, our 12-passenger Viceroy, are targeting delivery for 2025 in the United States, followed by operations around the globe. "
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They don't actually exist yet as far as I can tell? They do have a full-scale mock-up, for what that is worth.
https://www.regentcraft.com
RE: sea gliders - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-12-2024
I didn’t see in the article, do they take off from an ocean port, an inter island airport, or other land?
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I thought this sounded vaguely familiar, the name and concept rattling around in the back of my brain. A year and a half ago it was announced Hawaiian Air was interested in the service:
https://punaweb.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=22786&highlight=Sea+glider
RE: sea gliders - terracore - 01-12-2024
"I wonder what people will object to?"
"Since seagliders are a new class of vehicle, we do not capitalize the name."
I don't know what THAT is, but I object to it.
RE: sea gliders - kalakoa - 01-13-2024
It will still be under TSA control with their one screening lane that doesn't stock spares.
RE: sea gliders - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-13-2024
It will still be under TSA control
With 12 passengers on a sea glider, TSA can probably probably wand and pat them down pretty quick, as long as Mokolele schedules their flights around cruise ship arrivals and departures.
RE: sea gliders - terracore - 01-13-2024
(01-13-2024, 01:34 AM)kalakoa Wrote: It will still be under TSA control with their one screening lane that doesn't stock spares.
I heard that since it doesn't have four wheels it's technically considered a motorcycle, so no TSA but in some states the passengers will be required to wear helmets.
RE: sea gliders - HiloJulie - 01-13-2024
How will they get it over to Yamada and Sons for a weight certificate to get it registered??
RE: sea gliders - TomK - 01-13-2024
This isn't a new concept, the Russians had a few in the military for while (Lun-class Ekranoplan) They take off from the water like a flying boat and use the ground effect to fly a few feet above the water. I suspect it works well when the weather is good, but I wouldn't fancy being on one if there's a big swell.
https://youtu.be/V8Nu94khHoo?si=W2VIEjOsZLqu6IDo
https://youtu.be/_symWK4T7n0?si=akptQCfi6J9bkYNF
RE: sea gliders - TomK - 01-13-2024
(01-12-2024, 08:40 AM)kalianna Wrote: Won't disturb the whales, no pollution. I wonder what people will object to?
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawaii-to-be-first-to-travel-between-islands-by-floating/
I've no objection to the project, I love the idea, but would say that if one of those things flew over a pod of whales, they'd know about it and might not be very happy! I'm not sure about using the adjective "floating". A balloon floats, something moving at 180 mph isn't.