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Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:13 am
by Cmdr. Ancalagon
Well, if you come in at high speed, you could try to skip unto land? XD
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:09 am
by Loriath
Cmdr. Ancalagon wrote:Well, if you come in at high speed, you could try to skip unto land? XD
We have video evidence that a Clipper and Asp can skip (or bounce depending on your terminology) so it may be possible.
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:05 pm
by TorTorden
Loriath wrote:Cmdr. Ancalagon wrote:Well, if you come in at high speed, you could try to skip unto land? XD
We have video evidence that a Clipper and Asp can skip (or bounce depending on your terminology) so it may be possible.
I did it on Achenar 3 in a conda, twice then I "landed"...
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:42 pm
by Schmobius
TorTorden wrote:Loriath wrote:Cmdr. Ancalagon wrote:Well, if you come in at high speed, you could try to skip unto land? XD
We have video evidence that a Clipper and Asp can skip (or bounce depending on your terminology) so it may be possible.
I did it on Achenar 3 in a conda, twice then I "landed"...
The first time I ever flew on a plane, it bounced pretty high on landing. The stewardess then gets on the intercom and says "Welcome to Dallas. Twice."
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:13 pm
by Avago-Earo
Daniel Dakota wrote:Ah, I was just about to make one and see if it floated in the bath
Pictures please (lose the rubber duck though)
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 12:09 am
by Masark
Straylight0 wrote:Lol. I wish they'd release the 3d models, there's a place in town with 3d printers you can use for just the cost of materials...
The local library around here offers 3D printing on that same basis.
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:15 pm
by Crimson
Old post, I know, but here's my two cents on the floating Anaconda. I noticed 4 doors. Two are topside just behind the cabin with ladders to access the roof (nice...). Two more are just forward of the cargo hold, but way off the ground (just under the "lip" of the top deck). It appears to me that either these are for space walks -OR- maybe, just maybe, if she was in water these would be just above the water line?
Just a thought...
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2016 1:10 am
by FANTA5M1C
If we get water world access and my conda floats, I'm rechristening her "Bebop." I'm just saying...
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 3:09 pm
by Jellicoe
If I remember the lore of the earlier game(s) correctly the Moray Starboat was noted for being amphibious, presumably meaning the other ships were not. Whether a ship would afloat if, say, it ditched in the sea on a planet I don't think has ever been addressed.
Re: Would an anaconda float?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 10:38 pm
by W.T.Sherman
I'm with the "floaty, but not boaty" crowd. If the vessel is airtight it would certainly be watertight, for how long is another question entirely. I'm thinking that if the cargo hold could be flooded without compromising the rest of the ship, it might be relatively stable.. One of the imperial ships, on the other hand would likely be more like a catamaran. Either way, all of these ships are very lightly constructed, (though, lighter wieght and increased strength of future building materials would have to be considered), think aircraft rather than battleship. The Anaconda is roughly the size of a cruiser and wieghs roughly 1200 tons compared to roughly 20,000-30,000 tons for the warship (these are obviously rough estimates
). I would not expect it to do well in a storm on a waterworld, especially if it was damaged and force-landed. Just my $.02.