Regent – Electric coastal travel
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Regent – Electric coastal travel
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#2What if a slow moving sailboat came across this plane’s path? If it is using ground effect it couldn’t climb much.
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#3In the video, it looks like it is fly above the typical ground effect height (1 wingspan or less).
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#4What are the operating limits in terms of weather? At only 10m above the surface, I assume bad things could happen in stormy conditions! I'm guessing these will be best suited to sheltered areas and fair-weather tourist operations?
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#5What if a slow moving sailboat came across this plane’s path? If it is using ground effect it couldn’t climb much.
I imagine you'd just go around it.
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#6What if a slow moving sailboat came across this plane’s path? If it is using ground effect it couldn’t climb much.
Realistically you'll see that sailboat in advance.
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#7What if a slow moving sailboat came across this plane’s path? If it is using ground effect it couldn’t climb much.
It cannot sustain flight above the GE altitude. Presumably it can bounce a bit.
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#8What if a slow moving sailboat came across this plane’s path? If it is using ground effect it couldn’t climb much.
There are rules of the road for seafaring which apply even to these types of craft. A sailboat usually wins over a powered craft.
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#9What are the operating limits in terms of weather? At only 10m above the surface, I assume bad things could happen in stormy conditions! I'm guessing these will be best suited to sheltered areas and fair-weather tourist operations?
That was certainly the case for the older ground effect craft like the ekranoplan[0] (which is a very interesting read), but perhaps there are important differences/improvements with this far, far more modern model?
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#10It would be pretty fantastic if this could go San Francisco to Los Angeles. A traditional plane flight takes so long at the airport, it ends up barely worth it.
High speed rail in California would also be great, but they've been working on it for 15 years already, and at this rate, it doesn't look like the project will finish in the next 50 years.