Lazzarini superyacht. Is it a boat or a is it a plane?

[Concerto]

Interesting concept superyacht that may be built. It can motor at 5 knots or fly at 60 knots. I doubt if there are that many superyacht marinas that will welcome such a wide boat. This will mean it will probably have to anchor close by, so with all that windage they will need a pretty good anchor for being out in a gale.

WATCH: Lazzarini unveils 150m helium-powered flying superyacht - Marine Industry News

 

[Frogmogman]

It’s clickbait

 

[DownWest]

Pointless.

 

[Sandy]

Finding anywhere to park that, is it a boat or is it a plane, is going to prove 'challenging'.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Finding anywhere to park that, is it a boat or is it a plane, is going to prove 'challenging'.

Not to mention that the skipper would have to be qualified as a pilot as well as the usual maritime qualifications.

 

[Sandy]

Not to mention that the skipper would have to be qualified as a pilot as well as the usual maritime qualifications.

I know at two people who would qualify, how sad is that.

 

[Yealm]

I don't understand how it works - helium would make it light and floaty, but how does helium power it forward through the air at 60mph.
And helium's running out - we need to keep it for MRI scanners !

 

[mjcoon]

I don't understand how it works - helium would make it light and floaty, but how does helium power it forward through the air at 60mph.
And helium's running out - we need to keep it for MRI scanners !

I hope that MRI scanners recycle theirs. We did when using it for research back in the 1960s. We had a radiosonde balloon that spread itself across the ceiling to capture it in! But there is bound to be some loss...

The mis-use of "powered" is quite wide-spread. I've read "Android-powered" used of tablets etc. The catamaran-blimp is clearly solar-powered. But the article goes beyond that to a ridiculous extent, obviously without understanding!

The "panoramic" views from the nacelle would seem to be mostly of the blimps.

 

[Stemar]

I don't understand how it works - helium would make it light and floaty, but how does helium power it forward through the air at 60mph.
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I think you you understand how it works - it's the "journalist" who doesn't - or worse, can't be bothered to be accurate
Air Yacht’s twin airships contain 400,000sqm of compressed helium propelled by eight counter-rotating motors, each powered by ultralight batteries and solar panels.

And helium's running out - we need to keep it for MRI scanners !

Yes, but it's a whateveritis for the wealthy and, as we're seen recently, the rules don't apply to the rich and powerful

 

[AntarcticPilot]

I don't understand how it works - helium would make it light and floaty, but how does helium power it forward through the air at 60mph.
And helium's running out - we need to keep it for MRI scanners !

It's OK, there's a vast amount only 8 light minutes away. Perhaps a reconfiguration of the Parker probe? Or a little further away, I'm sure there's plenty in Jupiter's atmosphere.

 

[mjcoon]

I think you you understand how it works - it's the "journalist" who doesn't - or worse, can't be bothered to be accurate
Air Yacht’s twin airships contain 400,000sqm of compressed helium propelled by eight counter-rotating motors, each powered by ultralight batteries and solar panels.

"Square metres" of Helium? And how compressed is that? The mass of Helium would be more pertinent. I don't see the need for contra-rotation within each of the four propeller enclosures either...

One might as well imagine one's own detail!

 

[Rappey]

400,000 cubic metres of helium is around £30 million (unless my maths is flawed)
Guy Martin wanted to attempt a world record and he also aquired enough helium to lift himself by balloon. Im sure they said it was something like £45 thousand for the helium.

 

[Rappey]

I roughly worked out it would take nearly £7000 to float a person. 45k was way off.

 

[dolabriform]

I roughly worked out it would take nearly £7000 to float a person. 45k was way off.

Inflation innit