Anonymous ID: ee7328 Jan. 10, 2023, 4:04 p.m. No.18119455   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>18119395

Ground effect. Efficient, but problematic. Might be useful as drones, but would be suicidal to man them against defended targets. Very confined flight envelope. Slow (relative) to modern defenses and very lightly built for obvious reasons.

 

Might be an interesting personal ferry in calmer waters and weather, but outside of niche apps, there's a reason why they've never caught on despite a century of testing.

Anonymous ID: ee7328 Jan. 10, 2023, 4:21 p.m. No.18119565   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>18119487

Imagine a semi going under a low bridge, upside down; without a road to keep the pitching moment from slamming the cab up into the overpass.

 

Depends on who hit what. Whales are big, hydrofoils are small. Shipping containers bob just below the surface famously causing grief. Now imagine a hydrofoil hitting a submerged container at full speed while up on foils. Not good.