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1. phillipseamore 3 days ago [–]
   "The Seaglider is designed to handle ocean swells up to a meter and a half high" - that severely limits where it can be used or during which seasons.

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2. wood_spirit 16 hours ago [–]
   China has also been developing secret modern erkanoplans https://www.hisutton.com/Chinese-WIG-2025-07.html

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3. ChrisMarshallNY 15 hours ago [–]
   Here's hoping for many good-weather/calm seas days...

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4. _whiteCaps_ 11 hours ago [–]
   https://www.youtube.com/user/RCtestflight

   RCtestflight has a bunch of cool ground effect videos.

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5. adrianpike 15 hours ago [–]
   Everything old is new again: https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/1001/110.html

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6. thomas536 14 hours ago [–]
   Loved ground effect since I first saw it on (iirc) beyond 2000 television program. I haven't been able to find any reference to that episode...

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7. ActorNightly 14 hours ago [–]
   Be interesting to see the efficiency metrics on this compared to high aspect ratio planes.

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8. ninalanyon 14 hours ago [–]
   What's the advantage over a catamaran or hydrofoil ferry?

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9. Havoc 15 hours ago [–]
   10m seems quite high for ground effect?

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10. aeontech 16 hours ago [–]
    Imagine a fleet of these as ferries between Hawaii's islands for example. Awesome stuff, best of luck to the team!

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