#seagliders — Public Fediverse posts
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Today I decided to see if I could find any updates on the electric seagliders that OceanFlyer are planning to use for commercial transport services on the coastline of Aotearoa. There are no updates on the OceanFlyer website. But I did find this article from late 2024 about REGENT getting US Coast Guard approval for test flights of a full scale seagliders, with human passengers;
https://newatlas.com/aircraft/regent-seaglider-full-size-approval/
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US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-marines-seagliders-for-rescue-ops
#HackerNews #USMarines #Seagliders #MilitaryTech #RescueOps #ElectricVehicles #RadarEvading
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"... that's the beauty of seagliders when you talk about electric aviation. People are a bit wary of flying 10-20,000 feet in the air with electric batteries. Whereas in our case we're only 10m above the water, and we're always above a runway. So in the absolute worst case, you can just glide back onto the water, send out a signal for a pickup."
#ShahAslam, CEO, Ocean Flyer
https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/will-500km-h-e-seagliders-displace-ferries-and-planes
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Me:
> Sounds promising. Updates?Here's a 28 May episode of the NZ Tech podcast looking at the potential of electric seagliders;
https://nz-tech-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/will-500km-h-e-seagliders-displace-ferries-and-planes
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"Ocean Flyer, a business founded by former banker and Air Napier owner Shah Aslam and former New Zealand Air Force chief John Hamilton, is among the earliest customers.
They have a $700m order for 25 seagliders that they plan to operate along New Zealand’s coast for about $30 to $60 one-way. Regent has about NZ$10 billion in orders from around the world."
#MelanieCarroll, 2022
Sounds promising. Updates?
#seagliders #OceanFlyer #AirNapier #ShahAslam #JohnHamilton
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Get ready to soar over the ocean with ease! Our latest blog post explores the exciting world of electric-powered seagliders promising a new era of Hawaiian travel. 🌊⚡
https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/seaglidershawai/
#seagliders #electrictravel #Hawaii -
The Regent seaglider is a 12 passenger electric vehicle that operates exclusively over water, traversing the sea in 3 modes: hull, hydrofoil, or flight-in-ground effect.
I can imagine these zipping around the Baltic Sea within the next decade.
Fast forward to 6:50 to see it in this video. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/02/15/next-frontier-hardt-hyperloop-regent-seaglider-boom-supersonic-volocopter-evtol-spc-intl.cnn