Now this is displacement!

[Rubycon]

Pretty normal thing if you're around the yards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSuTGzWCyUU&



Sometimes people are too close!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9Hx_KO3u4&

 

[lyssword]

nice boat ^^

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

You wanna see displacement... I'll show ya displacement...

 

[FallenHero]

2nd video = owned

 

[dfuze]

It's like blasting a bicyclist with a puddle while driving x10000

 

[deadlyapp]

damn : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64dAv9sk7GE&NR=1

 

[RSaylors]

DeadlyApp: that thing looked like it was going to sink.

 

[geno]

Reminded me of this for some reason...

Also, I can't believe that's how those ships are launched! When I saw the first video, I thought something had gone wrong and it was sliding toward the water by mistake. I guess as long as nothing binds up, it's a sound way of doing things. I would have thought there was some sort of ramp with rollers or something which would allow ships that big to go bow-first into the water. Cool vids.

 

[Cogman]

http://www.clipaday.com/videos/yacht-launch-failure

:awe:

 

[LTC8K6]

 

[darkewaffle]

I love Displacement! 50% conceal!

 

[Wyndru]

I had no idea that is how they launched large boats. Neat.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The second video was just ace.

 

[Bignate603]

Reminded me of this for some reason...

Also, I can't believe that's how those ships are launched! When I saw the first video, I thought something had gone wrong and it was sliding toward the water by mistake. I guess as long as nothing binds up, it's a sound way of doing things. I would have thought there was some sort of ramp with rollers or something which would allow ships that big to go bow-first into the water. Cool vids.

I would have expected that those slides would go down into the water but maybe they need it to drop off like that to make sure that the boat doesn't hit or get stuck on something? Either way, it's impressive.

 

[Rubycon]

Many people just don't think about water displacement. We're speed limited to 9.5 knots coming into the Hudson River and Biscayne Bay because of the waves that reach the shore. Faster means larger waves which cause excessive erosion.

In Miami in particular the waves coming in on a perfectly calm day are impressive. I'd imagine at 15 knots there would be some flooding on the streets.

 

[rasczak]

crazy cool!

 

[Cogman]

Many people just don't think about water displacement. We're speed limited to 9.5 knots coming into the Hudson River and Biscayne Bay because of the waves that reach the shore. Faster means larger waves which cause excessive erosion.

In Miami in particular the waves coming in on a perfectly calm day are impressive. I'd imagine at 15 knots there would be some flooding on the streets.

Do you still work on the princess cruises?

 

[Eli]

Now that's my kinda displacement.

Those pics still amaze me. Notice the ladders in the crankcase? LOL... Damn.

 

[Rubycon]

Do you still work on the princess cruises?

No I never worked for Princess.

Now that's my kinda displacement.

Those pics still amaze me. Notice the ladders in the crankcase? LOL... Damn.

Imagine four of those and that's our engine room!

 

[JTsyo]

remind me to bring a bodyboard to the next ship launch.

 

[PricklyPete]

For the love of god that is awesome.

 

[Cogman]

No I never worked for Princess.



Imagine four of those and that's our engine room!

my mistake. I only bring it up because I went on a princess cruise recently.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

is anyone sure that rising sea levels are not due to global warming but rather increased number of huge sea vessels?


(jk, but not entirely)

 

[Cogman]

is anyone sure that rising sea levels are not due to global warming but rather increased number of huge sea vessels?


(jk, but not entirely)

I think it is due to an increasing shark population.

 

[BUTCH1]

No I never worked for Princess.



Imagine four of those and that's our engine room!

Interesting, still using piston and crank arrangement, I thought turbines were the norm for that type of (large) power needed to propel an 700+ foot vessel..