Electric boat?

[Sharpy]

Are there any designs of boats/ships/floats/paddlewheels etc that could cover a considerable distance over sea on Eve at a reasonable speed (faster than Kerbal swimming...)

(obviously, that means jet/rocket propulsion wouldn't quite fit the bill as these would probably run out of fuel way too fast. Electric or something like this?).

Edited August 24, 2015 by Sharpy

[InterCity]

I think probably using specialized mods. Or maybe intake bug (not sure if that still exists, though) and some modded electrical prop engine. And when everything else fails... debug menu

Some versions back I made this using the intake bug:

That save is lost though, dunno whether it works and am too busy now to test it.

[Gaarst]

Ion engines have an Isp asl of 100 (at Kerbin) and, if I remember well, solar panels are terrible inside Eve's atmosphere and do not like being moved around in atmosphere. So I guess you'll have to look aroung for mods to do the job, there probably are quite a few out there offering what you wish for.

[FungusForge]

Firespitter has some electric propeller engines and Near Future Electrical adds some big batteries, a bigger RTG, and some straight-up fission reactors.

[JTpopcorn]

Electric props are in several mods including, Firespitter, KAX, and Boat Parts, and the Maritime Pack.

You could also edit an engine to run off elctric charge.

Thats all,

JT

[Wanderfound]

With sufficient creativity, you could do a torque driven paddlewheel. A bunch of large SAS units to make the paddlewheel, wing sections for the paddles, an appropriately placed probe core to direct the torque and hold down the Q etc key to go.

Edited August 25, 2015 by Wanderfound

[InterCity]

So I just tested another ship, and it seems that intake bug doesn't work anymore - I was getting just under 6 m/s with 4 whiplashes on full throttle. Use mods.