transport velocity: boats can only go slow, airplanes can only go fast

if you think about it, boats can't go above a certain speed (hull speed) and airplanes can't go below a certain speed (or they would stall). Really makes you think

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ptz@dubvee.org · 12 pts · 137d (1 reply)

[Hits bong] Over water, a boat going too fast becomes a plane and a plane going too slow becomes a boat.

slazer2au@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 137d

More a submarine then a boat.

cyberslask@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 136d

Say hello to the ekranoplan!

vatlark@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 137d (1 reply)

Thanks for posting in showerthoughts. Rule 2 is that the title should be a complete thought. Mind beefing yours up a bit?

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 137d

done

mech@feddit.org · 3 pts · 137d (1 reply)

Really makes me think about speedboats and helicopters, which have no hull speed and no stall speed.

gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 136d

yeh

hot air balloons also have no stall speed.

felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 137d

And yet,,, blimp