Why the Hovercraft's Time Might Have Finally Arrived

BBC ^ | 13th January 2024 | Mark Piesing

[Redcitizen]

If it has a 30mm cannon, I’ll take one.

[KarlInOhio]

Back when I was in college a professor had a hovercraft which many of his students spent time working on. The low friction that made forward motion so easy also made it like driving on ice when turning. Have they put in more active controls or do you still tend to keep going in your old direction even after turning the front to a new direction?

[dfwgator]

Mine’s full of eels.

[Magnum44]

Are they electric? Batteries and sea water go so well together....

[Retain Mike]

Here is an article about them. I talked to a Navy craft master, and he agreed it was like piloting a bar of soap around a bathtub.

Landing Craft Air Cushion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion

[qaz123]

What global see rise?

[wally_bert]

I’d like one of these.

https://gijoe.fandom.com/wiki/Killer_W.H.A.L.E.

[Lurker]

Dammit, you beat me to it.

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[TChad]

Hovercraft landing and departure, Portsmouth to Ride:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87thE21qQHU

[yuleeyahoo]

Why did we get rid of these? They sported a 76mm and Harpoons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pegasus_(PHM-1)

[dayglored]

> Mine’s full of eels.

Ya beat me to it, i was gonna write "Does it come full of eels?"

[wally_bert]

The coast guard had one back in the 70s.

https://youtu.be/c6NV-ML8C_g?si=ifvS9AjsAs2_mafF

About 41 minutes in.

[Zuriel]

**If it has a 30mm cannon, I’ll take one.**

Just don’t put any ammo aboard. Lead is heavy.

[dayglored]

> Dammit, you beat me to it.

Same here....

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Most people can not maneuver in two dimensions.

You think they can do it in three?

Check, please!

[Col Freeper]

The global rise in sea levels, and the blurring of the boundary between land and sea that will result, is set to grow its niche further.

Mark Piesing is not smart enough to pour urine out of a boot if the instructions were on the boot heel.

[Ranxerox]

Why did we get rid of these? They sported a 76mm and Harpoons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pegasus_(PHM-1)

Maintenance nightmares

[Celtic Conservative]

They are interesting. But they steer like a German shepherd on a frozen pond.

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[martin_fierro]

Always better in the original Esperanto