An unorthodox use of parts

[Condor]

In which I shamelessly rip off Tim_Barrett.

KSP has many types of vehicles. Rockets, planes, interplanetary spacecraft, but there isn\'t really anything in the way of water transport. I attempted to rectify that.

Meet the Leviathan, a Kerbal naval vessel. The original plan was to strap four hugeass rocket boosters to it and airlift it into the water, but that proved difficult, so the wheel pods were added. This allows the Leviathan to creep sloooowly into the water without too many essential bits falling off.

It\'s important to find a shallow slope into the water, or stuff starts breaking. Once in the water, the pods are jettisoned, and the Leviathan takes to the seas!

It has a blistering top speed of 12 m/s, which is probably a good thing because any faster and things would start to explode. There isn\'t actually that much to see after it enters the water, just hour long cruises to nearby islands. The turn radius is enormous, but it has enough fuel to run basically forever. I have a few variations in the works, including one that has a helipad built in, but that is proving... difficult.

Of course, it wouldn\'t be KSP if I didn\'t also have ideas on how to make even bigger ones. I\'ve also got quite a lot of aircraft to show, which I\'ll create separate posts for later.

Edited August 6, 2012 by Condor

[Parker]

Now that my friends, is a ship 8)

[Themohawkninja]

How did you keep the ship from breaking as you moved it from the end of the runway to the water? Mine always hit the ground or just break up from all the bumps.

[Tim_Barrett]

I like it! Now shoot it! I need some explosions!

Anyway, good work. I really need to get around to making new ships with the spaceplane hangar.