Watch Video: REGENT Seaglider Achieves Significant Landmark, “Successfully Completes First Foil Testing”

Sea tri­als of the REGENT Viceroy Seaglid­er ves­sel pro­to­type are advanc­ing rapid­ly, with the com­pa­ny announc­ing the suc­cess­ful com­ple­tion of its first foil-mode test­ing, reports a press release. 

Fol­low­ing the ini­tial float-mode tri­al in March, this marks a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward in the devel­op­ment of Seaglid­er ves­sels, with the aim to achieve the first human-crewed flight lat­er this sum­mer. 

The release explains, “REGENT’s Seaglid­er rep­re­sents pio­neer­ing region­al coastal trans­porta­tion. Unlike tra­di­tion­al sea­planes and fly­ing boats, the Seaglid­er ves­sel employs a hybrid approach, com­bin­ing float­ing, foil­ing and fly­ing modes.”

It con­tin­ues, “The recent­ly test­ed foil­ing mode ele­vates the ves­sel from the water before it flies, allow­ing for imme­di­ate speed, easy manoeu­vra­bil­i­ty and smoother, safer, more com­fort­able rides.” 

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Bil­ly Thal­heimer, CEO at REGENT, com­ment­ed, “The recent suc­cess of our first foil test­ing is a major mile­stone in our sea tri­als. We are excit­ed to move into the next phase and bring the Seaglid­er ves­sel one step clos­er to trans­form­ing coastal trav­el.”

REGENT’s Seaglid­er ves­sel is clas­si­fied as a boat and not an air­craft and is there­fore reg­u­lat­ed and cer­ti­fied in Amer­i­ca by the U.S Coast Guard. 

Oth­er recent REGENT news include Urban­Link’s expand­ed order for the ves­sel; U.S Marine Corps Warfight­ing Lab extend­ing its col­lab­o­ra­tion with a USD10 mil­lion con­tract exten­sion; and ADNOC Logis­tics and Ser­vices’ tri­al of the craft in the UAE. 

The com­pa­ny has already secured more than 600 seaglid­er orders val­ued at more than USD10 bil­lion from lead­ing air­line and fer­ry oper­a­tors around the world. Also, it has raised more than USD100 mil­lion from investors includ­ing 8090 Indus­tries, Founders Fund, Japan Air­lines and Lock­heed Mar­tin.   

REGENT hopes that the all-impor­tant com­mer­cial mar­itime cer­ti­fi­ca­tion for the Seaglid­er will be giv­en by the end of this year.  

For more infor­ma­tion

www.regentcraft.com 

(Images: REGENT)

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