Somewhat similar idea to Candela P12, electrical hydrofoil ferry
Regent – Electric coastal travel
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#182How safe are these? I feel like a big wave could destabilize, then hitting the water at 180mph would be bad news.
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#183Hey guys - Billy Thalheimer, Co-founder and CEO of REGENT here. A friend reached out to say this is blowing up - so cool! (Thank you beefman lol) Here to answer any questions
The underside of the plane, and especially the part that 'drags' underwater - have you had any trouble with the sealife or other underwater objects? I would think bumping into large sea lion, shark, whale or even a large school of blue rockfishes might be unpleasant (to sealife, the plane, or both)?
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#185How about a boring ass electric train
We looked into this! If you want to go regional range, you really need high speed rail (who's trying to sit on a train that goes slower than cars on the highway...) High speed rail is prohibitively expensive. Besides the rail itself, you need to do grade separation from the ground so the rail can be flat, environmental impact studies, and in the US where private property rights are very strong, you might need to pay…
Acela in the NE Corridor exists as does Virgin Trains (post COVID it's operated under the name Brightline) from Miami to Orlando.
Only 2 of the 4 you listed haven't come to fruition.
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#186Rare to see an actually cool startup these days - congrats!
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's wrong with being white or wearing silly clothing?
Nothing. At least half the people I know fit that category. I was just bringing it up as a counterpoint to the "poor/non-white" statement by the parent comment.
Hmmm. I think the point was that NIMBYs fight bike lanes because they’re concerned about what they could bring.
Which, as the comment stated is not at all what bike lanes actually deliver (higher property values, white folks in silly clothes).
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Read on - what they were really afraid of was the dirty/smelly poors coming onto their precious island. You see the same BS with bike paths through residential neighborhoods. Despite studies showing that bike paths increase property values, residents bitch and moan about safety/crime. They basically figure that poor/non-white people will bike into their neighborhood and rape/pillage/burn everything. So you get a bunc…
Really? My street was recently turned into a greenway / bike street, and it's brought me nothing but an endless bike parade of smug white people in silly clothing. Just a couple hours ago, I was having to get my car towed and the tow driver was 3/4 into turning slowly back into the street when two women on bikes zoomed right in front of him, causing him to slam the brakes. One of them then shouted "Thank you!" over h…
>endless bike parade
This would be the first time im hearing about something like this. It sounds like the bike path was very successful.
Do you have more information?
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#189In the video, it looks like it is fly above the typical ground effect height (1 wingspan or less).
Yeah that one of the first things I noticed.
Some comments from founder:
> Typical flight altitudes are 10-30ft above the wave peaks. The waves are well below us. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36053497
And discussing how they are not getting as much WIG effect for that, but still significant savings (Vs what, an airplane? How does that compare versus other marine transport?)
> The benefit of ground effects are: - 10-20% range extension (agreed, between 50% and 100% wingspan, which is where seagliders fly, the aerodynamic benefit of ground effect is reduced compared to near surface flight) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36053471
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
If he can show any occurrence of that ever happening, then you come off as dishonest and disinterested in the needs of the community. Is it really so difficult to cater to his needs as well? There’s surely a better compromise than “Everyone who disagrees with me is a racist”.
This man is factually a racist. I am not simply labeling him that because we disagree as you insinuate, having no actual information on the situation. And no, I see zero reason to tolerate what is clearly bad faith behavior.
In the text you shared, you imply that other readers should come to the conclusion that he's a racist because he's against public transit due to fear of crime being imported. But you made no connections as to how his claims of crime import were related to a race component. So it's understandable that readers might not find your "racist" labeling justified based on the facts that you shared.
He might be a racist but based on what you said, it's not clear what may make him so.