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1 posted on 04/21/2023 7:05:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Aviation Ping!.......................


2 posted on 04/21/2023 7:05:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Electric battery technology has come a long way.


3 posted on 04/21/2023 7:09:06 AM PDT by Bayard
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Can you say massive govt grants.


4 posted on 04/21/2023 7:12:50 AM PDT by bray (Dr Fauxi killed millions)
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"a range of 180 miles"

Nice looking toy.

5 posted on 04/21/2023 7:17:38 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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Lets see, electric motors and salt spray, lithium batteries and salt water...

Didnt we just learn some lesson about this from recent global warming events in coastal cities?


6 posted on 04/21/2023 7:18:16 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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This concept has been around for years (in diesel and gasoline form).

None of them have been commercially successful even without electrification.


7 posted on 04/21/2023 7:24:23 AM PDT by packagingguy
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Suicide plane.


9 posted on 04/21/2023 7:26:52 AM PDT by allendale
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Reminiscent of the Caspian Sea Monster. That didn't end well, either.


10 posted on 04/21/2023 7:28:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Saving the planet. Cause mostly leftists are going to burn up in these electric gadgets.


12 posted on 04/21/2023 7:31:10 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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Looks to me like a solution in search of a problem. But they used “sustainable” three or four times in the short article, so it’s got to be good.

I think “sustainable” is the frosting on the “electric” cake. Or is it vice versa?

Between “sustainable” and “electric,” they’ve got an $8 billion order book. Having worked in a number of startup companies, I find that hard to believe. Maybe they talked to enough companies that COULD order $8 billion of product, but I seriously doubt they have $8 billion of orders. At $1 million per, that would be orders for 8,000 of the things. Even at $4 million each, that’s an order book of 2,000 units. And that would be across maybe a dozen markets? So each market ordered 170 units?


13 posted on 04/21/2023 7:33:19 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else)
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Electricity and seawater together,...what could go wrong?


14 posted on 04/21/2023 7:37:41 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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WIG aircraft are pretty cool.
I am guessing they are probably really scary to ride in in rough seas and high winds.


17 posted on 04/21/2023 7:44:28 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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Put a long neck in front and it can pass as a Klingon Bird of Prey.


20 posted on 04/21/2023 7:55:08 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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As a result, we are on track to deliver our product to market by the mid-decade.


Any one taking bets?


28 posted on 04/21/2023 8:10:36 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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I wonder how many ‘D’ cells it takes to run the darn thing.


29 posted on 04/21/2023 8:12:37 AM PDT by egfowler3 (Kung Flu, today's Hypochondriacal psychosis (aka: Delusional parasitosis))
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A toy for the 1% it looks like to me. $200,000 for a boat that can fly. What happens when the battery goes dead and you are out to sea?


44 posted on 04/21/2023 1:35:20 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (Repent, turn back to your first Love. If you do well you will be blessed, if not...America 2023)
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I’d rather ride in this than one of the ‘electric planes’ that folks are trying to develop.


49 posted on 04/21/2023 5:30:58 PM PDT by PAR35
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