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is this a ground effect machine?

by bluesounddirect 2y ago

llm_nerd 2y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g It is a ground effect vehicle.
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EA 2y ago
"Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat."
SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
"seaglider" is apparently a new word for ekranoplan. The difference is, the new ones tend not to be so enormous [1]. See e.g. https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy and https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider It's the same craft with a different paint job Yes, they are Wing-in-Ground craft 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster
- phire 2y ago
  One more litetal translation of "ekranoplan" is "screen glider", so sea glider isn't that far away from it.
- gertrunde 2y ago
  I suspect that in this case "seaglider" is just REGENT's marketing name, rather than a term with broader uptake. All the places I'm seeing the name 'seaglider' used in this context look like REGENT's prospective customers. The term is also being used for some underwater drones (see https://apl.uw.edu/project/project.php?id=seaglider https://apl.uw.edu/project/project.php?id=seaglider and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaglider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaglider).
  - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
    Sure, it seems to be this Regent that wants to make "seaglider" a thing. You can understand why they don't use "ekranoplan" as the marketing term. Its going to only be familiar to those who are into Soviet History, Aviation trivia or specific Sci-Fi. And it's not going to bring small, modern, electric craft to mind.
- GolfPopper 2y ago
  Thank you for bringing this up. All the marketing (and the "journalism" regurgitating it) are writing as though 'seaglider' is a word I ought to be familiar with, but have never encountered before. I had a lot of "these things seem a lot like an ekranoplane variant, but they're not calling them that" puzzlement.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
    I think the other commenter is correct, that it's one company (Regent) trying to make "Seaglider" a thing. For obvious reasons - which word would you rather introduce to the public: "Ekranoplan", or "Seaglider". If anyone else is working on modern Ekranoplans, I'd like to know. But AFAIK, it's just one company working on it, and promoting it.

is this a ground effect machine?

llm_nerd 2y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXE0UTHnV5g It is a ground effect vehicle.

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EA 2y ago

"Our vehicle, called a seaglider, is an all-electric, wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates within a wingspan of the water's surface and couples the speed of an airplane with the operating cost of a boat."

SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago

"seaglider" is apparently a new word for ekranoplan. The difference is, the new ones tend not to be so enormous [1]. See e.g. https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy https://www.regentcraft.com/seagliders/viceroy and https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider https://www.hawaiiseaglider.org/what-is-a-seaglider It's the same craft with a different paint job Yes, they are Wing-in-Ground craft 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea_Monster

phire 2y ago
One more litetal translation of "ekranoplan" is "screen glider", so sea glider isn't that far away from it.
gertrunde 2y ago
I suspect that in this case "seaglider" is just REGENT's marketing name, rather than a term with broader uptake. All the places I'm seeing the name 'seaglider' used in this context look like REGENT's prospective customers. The term is also being used for some underwater drones (see https://apl.uw.edu/project/project.php?id=seaglider https://apl.uw.edu/project/project.php?id=seaglider and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaglider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaglider).
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
  Sure, it seems to be this Regent that wants to make "seaglider" a thing. You can understand why they don't use "ekranoplan" as the marketing term. Its going to only be familiar to those who are into Soviet History, Aviation trivia or specific Sci-Fi. And it's not going to bring small, modern, electric craft to mind.
GolfPopper 2y ago
Thank you for bringing this up. All the marketing (and the "journalism" regurgitating it) are writing as though 'seaglider' is a word I ought to be familiar with, but have never encountered before. I had a lot of "these things seem a lot like an ekranoplane variant, but they're not calling them that" puzzlement.
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y ago
  I think the other commenter is correct, that it's one company (Regent) trying to make "Seaglider" a thing. For obvious reasons - which word would you rather introduce to the public: "Ekranoplan", or "Seaglider". If anyone else is working on modern Ekranoplans, I'd like to know. But AFAIK, it's just one company working on it, and promoting it.