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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[Hits bong] Over water, a boat going too fast becomes a plane and a plane going too slow becomes a boat.
More a submarine then a boat.
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Really makes me think about speedboats and helicopters, which have no hull speed and no stall speed.
yeh
hot air balloons also have no stall speed.
And yet,,, blimp