Ship Designs with Sponsons

[oldpop2000]

Here is something to play with, warships with sponsons.

[garrisonchisholm]

Jun 27, 2022 13:29:57 GMT -6 oldpop2000 said:

Here is something to play with, warships with sponsons.

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And with RTW3 you should* be able to greeble-up that sponson to your heart's content! 

* team-appropriate disclaimer as I am not the person coding the graphics engine which was also not designed for this

[cwemyss]

That is one *really* robust outrigger canoe.

[oldpop2000]

Jun 27, 2022 15:12:41 GMT -6 garrisonchisholm said:

Jun 27, 2022 13:29:57 GMT -6 oldpop2000 said:

Here is something to play with, warships with sponsons.

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And with RTW3 you should* be able to greeble-up that sponson to your heart's content! 

* team-appropriate disclaimer as I am not the person coding the graphics engine which was also not designed for this

Great, now I have to research and explore the hydrodynamics of the sponson and catamarans. No problem, it will be fun.

[oldpop2000]

Jun 27, 2022 15:17:33 GMT -6 cwemyss said:

That is one *really* robust outrigger canoe.

Hey, if the Polynesian's can use the device for thousands of years, why not put it on our lighter ships. 


Sponson

Officially, a sponson is a feature on any watercraft that extends from the hull or other part of the vessel to aid in stability while floating, or to act as a securing point for other equipment. Picture a seaplane’s pods that extend out from the fuselage or under the plane’s underside, these are sponsons. Sponsons on boats and ships can be similar; however, they are frequently used to explain hull extensions. Sponsons add stability when underway or at rest, and make turns sharper as they dig in on the inside of the turn.

[oldpop2000]

Here is a KE built as a catamaran. Excuse the poor drawing skills, my regular draftsman is on vacation.  

[oldpop2000]

I wanted to run an idea by all of you because most of you are better at artistry than I am. What if we use Snip and Sketch on the design of ships, I do it all the time? Now we could take sections of the ship and use Paint to insert those pieces onto another ship. I snipped a portion of a battleship, then put that snipped piece on the sponson of another ship. It was not perfect, but it worked. Anyway, you see where I am going with this. Anyone got a better way to do this. It could be fun.

[oldpop2000]

Ok, well here is my first attempt at snip and sketch, along with Paint. Be gentle, gents.

[arminpfano]

This thread reminds me of one of the old "Trigan" comics where a catamaran carrier was shown. Quite a good way to enlarge the flight deck, if you think about it...