Regent's electric seaglider successfully completed its first series of flights and demonstrated her ability to fully fulfill its 'float-foil-fly' mission.
also have trouble providing a practical range while carrying a reasonable number of passengers. When Regent considered this, it became clear that, when combined with more modern technology, the efficiency of the old ground-effect vehicle may give it a competitive advantage.
This is achieved, so they say, by utilizing currently available commercial batteries. It should be affordable, with an operating cost half that of an airplane, and very fast to boot. It is claimed to be six times faster than a boat of equivalent size. The video above demonstrates the vehicle's slow taxi, quick, fluid hydrofoil, takeoff, wing-borne cruise, and landing.