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>The aerodynamic benefit of flying in ground effect is the certification of the craft as a ship instead of a plane. I think it'd be very easy to build today a
by trhway 3y ago
>The aerodynamic benefit of flying in ground effect is
the certification of the craft as a ship instead of a plane. I think it'd be very easy to build today a flying boat like the ones from 30s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_314_Clipper), yet certification cost of it makes it unfeasible as a business endeavor.
In general, if I remember correctly, the cheap inter-island transportation isn't really wanted there as it is expected to bring homeless/etc. to the otherwise affluent islands.
- tw04 3y ago> In general, if I remember correctly, the cheap inter-island transportation isn't really wanted there as it is expected to bring homeless/etc. to the otherwise affluent islands. There’s already dirt cheap inter-island transport, it’s just slow. A homeless guy doesn’t care if the ferry takes 2 hours instead of 30 minutes when the ticket is $40. https://www.oahutomaui.com/default.html https://www.oahutomaui.com/default.html
- trhway 3y agoIt ceased operations a decade ago. For environmental reasons officially, and unofficially exactly because it was cheap inter-island transport for homeless and the likes. >There’s already dirt cheap inter-island transport that is the point that there is no such transport.