SeaKat - (Not quite)The fastest boat ever built

[RavingManiac]

For a normal boat built using non-cheat parts, the fastest speed possible in water is about 6 m/s.

The SeaKat is the first ever working catamaran boat design. With the main hull partially elevated above the water, it can easily achieve speeds of 35 m/s or more.

Required parts are C-7 Flight Pack v2.1 + Hard points, and Radial Parachutes.

How to pilot your SeaKat:

1. On the launch platform, activate the engines at full throttle. Immediately pitch downwards to avoid flying into the ground.

2. Maneuver the ship towards the ocean.

3. While above the ocean, detach the wings. Ensure a positive angle of attack before detaching. Failure of ensure a positive angle of attack may result in ship destruction.

4. Shut down the engines and deploy the parachutes. Allow the ship to land in the water.

5. Ease up the throttle gradually to increase speed. Easing up the throttle suddenly may result in ship destruction.

6. The maximum safe amount of thrust is slightly below 100%. Do not thrust at 100%.

Note that this is a fairly simple design, and faster catamarans are definitely possible. Feel free to experiment and improve on it.

Edit: Yeah, in hindsight, this thing\'s a snail compared to the actual speedboats. Check the ocean surface speed record thread for speeds of 100+ m/s.

[Tim_Barrett]

There is really not a record for fastest boat, all you have to do is max up the cfg\'s like strength and crashtolerance.

On the contrary if you are just using standard C7 parts, your top speed will always be lower than what the parts can handle without 'disappearing' in the water with a nice splosion in the ocean.

just wanted to share that with everyone.

[SmiteZero]

More like a hydroplane.

[Tim_Barrett]

More like a hydroplane.

you mean a hydrofoil? (The boats with fins attached to stilts)

[SmiteZero]

you mean a hydrofoil? (The boats with fins attached to stilts)

I do indeed.

Universe: +1

[RavingManiac]

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It\'d be a hydrofoil if the fins lifted the hull using hydrodynamic lift. As it were, hydrodynamic lift isn\'t simulated yet, so they work using buoyancy. Hence, catamaran.

[Asmosdeus]

I\'ve just posted a challenge for seaplanes, perhaps you could refine this and enter!

[comradephil]

Foamy got to something like 300m/s using hydrofoils

[Tim_Barrett]

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It\'d be a hydrofoil if the fins lifted the hull using hydrodynamic lift. As it were, hydrodynamic lift isn\'t simulated yet, so they work using buoyancy. Hence, catamaran.

It seems as that air drag and directing of it still exists below sea level if you are right.