Liquid surface travel.

[Sirine]

Liquid surface (Sea) surface travel. Is it "feasible"/"worth" to do it in ver0.21.1?

I've build a Eve-sea-level lifting craft.

And "IF" it happened to splash on the liquid/mud/chemical sea of Eve. Does it worth to build a small sea travel vehicle to carry my Kerbalnaunt to the beach/dry land nearby?

I've tested on Kerbin sea. It seems the drag are so intense. The 30km away South Airport of KSC (Kerbin Space Center) are taking forever to reach. And spending lots of resources...

Should I give up and try to land on dry land on Eve instead?

[donuttakedonuts]

try searching for information about hydrofoiling boats in KSP - I've managed to tweak a design i found on here somewhere to reach 180 m/s on Kerbin... but it's not capable of carrying anything and relies on jet engines. But it's way better than trying to use a floating vessel.

[Sirine]

Stock part only...and its on Eve sea. Air no oxygen so no jet engine!!!

[Zeroignite]

High-speed stock boating in KSP is currently one of the most dangerous things you can do. Just getting a thing to float without capsizing is a challenge.

Search for "regatta" in the challenges subforum and you'll see some high-speed boat designs.

[SDIR]

On Eve, that will be a real challenge. Unless you are using mods like Firespitter that use electric props, I don't think it's possible. So far the only "boats" that I've seen are either jet powered or use rockets but have a very short range before needing to be filled up. And to make it float and go fast, attach some fins pointing down. Then attach some of the large control surfaces pointing in the direction you want (the narrow ends) to move. That should give you enough buoyancy to keep you afloat and provide little friction.

[Sirine]

Thanks "Zeroignite". Thanks "SDIR".

[Sirine]

Just tested my "Turner" at Kerbal sea....It run at 10m/s. which is acceptable if it perform like that on Eve...

And It turn out...the 10m/s only runs at 2.2m/s.....at Eve Chemical Sea.