← Back to context Comment by amelius 13 hours ago For comparison, a wide body airliner needs ~0.15MWh to travel 1 nautical mile. 8 comments amelius Reply eesmith 12 hours ago A wide body airliner doesn't carry "up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles". verandaguy 11 hours ago It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor potato3732842 11 hours ago It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.Apples to orages. 5 replies →
eesmith 12 hours ago A wide body airliner doesn't carry "up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles". verandaguy 11 hours ago It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor potato3732842 11 hours ago It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.Apples to orages. 5 replies →
verandaguy 11 hours ago It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor potato3732842 11 hours ago It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.Apples to orages. 5 replies →
potato3732842 11 hours ago It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.Apples to orages. 5 replies →
A wide body airliner doesn't carry "up to 2,100 passengers and 225 vehicles".
It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor
It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.
Apples to orages.
5 replies →