• How Ships Are Launched
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lol when you see the ship on like an angle like that lookslike its going to fall over but it doesn't and that's what makes it cool.
this looks unbelievably barbaric
It's safe to do this because ships are buoyant from the inside and water can't get in from the top assuming most doors are closed, so even if the boat was completely submerged it would float back to the surface the right way up because it is also bottom heavy
The second one was fucking huge
[QUOTE=Kondor;18190964]It's safe to do this because ships are buoyant from the inside and water can't get in from the top assuming most doors are closed, so even if the boat was completely submerged it would float back to the surface the right way up because it is also bottom heavy[/QUOTE] And this answers all the "Why such a silly way to do it in 21st century?" It works, it's (I think) cheap.
Yeah. This works just fine.. we don't need to waste time inventing new ways.
Why does this look EXTREMELY ineffective?
At least it's not deadly like pot.
[QUOTE=Death Giver;18190833]lol when you see the ship on like an angle like that lookslike its going to fall over but it doesn't and that's what makes it cool.[/QUOTE] Informative.
Lol *dump*
[QUOTE=hunter_killah;18191900]Why does this look EXTREMELY ineffective?[/QUOTE] Seems like there is no other way to do it. Definitely not an exact science.
I'm pretty sure the titanic WAS launched this way. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnkJ4aUN9w[/media]
[QUOTE=Profanwolf;18189081]They don't launch all ships like this :downs:[/QUOTE] They launched the great eastern like this. Was the biggest ship before the titanic. [img]http://www.essential-architecture.com/ARCHITECT/Great_eastern_launch_attempt.jpg[/img] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Great_Eastern-Stapellauf.gif[/img] This was built by Brunel and used a screw and side paddles. this made it incredibly maneuverable yet powerful. Brunel has always been my hero.
Or you can use a dry dock.
This is done if the ship your building is to big to be built in a dry-dock, or if the dry-dock is badly situated for the ship to get out. this is also a very much more cost effective way of launching the ship and has allot less technical hassle.
Gah I would rage so much if that was my ship. Just launched it and it's already all sticky from the saltwater. :argh:
"We just spent billions of dollars and a year building this marvel of engineering, so let's just shove the fucker over the edge and see if it works"
[QUOTE=hunter_killah;18191900]Why does this look EXTREMELY ineffective?[/QUOTE] It doesn't. Looks cheap and to the point. Don't fix what ain't broke.
[QUOTE=hunter_killah;18191900]Why does this look EXTREMELY ineffective?[/QUOTE] This actually looks extremely effective.
[quote=Wikipedia]The side launch, whereby the ship enters the water broadside, came into 19th-century use on inland waters, rivers, and lakes, and was more widely adopted during World War II.[/quote] The reason they don't use dry docks inland on larger ships is because the tides in rivers are much more drastic, being predisposed to both extreme amounts of rain and drought, sometimes the dry docks would not be able to lower enough to give the ship enough draft to float out. Stern launching would have to rely on the tides and water level more than the side launching due to the fact the stern and bow of the boat are designed to cut through the water so it will go deeper, probably deeper than necessary for a Dry-dock. So the last remaining solution is side-launching. You have a larger surface area pressing against the water so the force of the boat sliding down will be alleviated enough to not hit bottom and take off the keel. I hope that clears things up for all the idiots calling this dangerous and ineffective, I don't want to have to go into the fact that engineers design the ships so that they practically have to be upside down to not self-right themselves.
More ship launch videos: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glkvRf6MsZ8&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9Hx_KO3u4[/media] Whoops [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvtwo2ugwU8[/media] Slightly related
[QUOTE=Tu154M;18245015]More ship launch videos: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glkvRf6MsZ8&feature=related[/media] [/QUOTE] 1:30 was pretty well done.
it would feel like being god riding on that as they launched it
Wouldn't it be safer to send them in from the front and then slowly move forward? I dunno, I'm no expert so it'd probably just sink. [B]Edit:[/B] Or you could have a small lift that puts them down in the same way, only it goes into the water with the ship without tipping it. That way there's no danger of tipping.
[QUOTE=InsanePyro;18189945]I don't get why they just don't build them in a dry dock then just flood it once the ship is done[/QUOTE] This way's cheaper.
That was fascinating
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