Now this is displacement!

[darkxshade]

Rubycon, you by far have the most interesting methods for dealing with various situations. :\

 

[Rubycon]

Well sometimes when all else fails you have to resort to rather offbeat "solutions".

 

[leeland]

marked

 

[Rubycon]

Another way; less dramatic. The popping noise is from firecrackers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXjbXcl0hwI&

Compilation of launches here"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPGBEI5orIg&

LOL at laughing around 03:30

 

[pcgeek11]

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.

They have been doing it like this for hundreds of years.