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Fast Gunboat

262 AnnaAndersdotter  1.3 years ago

This is a quick little littoral gunboat equipped with a guided turret and a rack of missiles. The turret can automatically track and engage any target, and the missiles are only for ground and sea targets. Be advised that the missiles have an extremly low minimum engagement range and a high yield, so it is possible to use them on targets that are too close to you. A single missile or a very short burst from the turret is enough to sink USS Beast.

The boat is driven by underwater thrusters instead of propellers. Use throttle input to control power to the main thrusters. Thrust vectoring for the main thrusters is controlled by yaw input. There are also bown and stern thrusters, so the boat can execute a zero-radius turn when the main thrusters are not engaged.

Why does this boat have wheels? Well, you don't need them, so you should keep them retracted most of the time. They're just there for my amusement, because it's funny to launch a boat off of another boat, especially from the USS Beast's catapult. You can also extend them to crawl up on to the shore or to get yourself back to the water if you manage to beach this boat accidentally. This is not intended to be an amphibious assault craft, so its handling on land is not optimized. There is a gyro to smooth out handling on the water, but it is not strong enough to keep this boat from tipping over if you get on uneven terrain or maneuver it too abruptly on land.

CREDIT: The gun turret at the bow is a slight modification of Aweyer26's "AUTO TURRET funky trees". The missiles on the rack near the stern are stock missiles that I XML-edited to make them ridiculous.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 8.3ft (2.5m)
  • Length 57.4ft (17.5m)
  • Height 16.2ft (4.9m)
  • Empty Weight 14,369lbs (6,517kg)
  • Loaded Weight 64,972lbs (29,470kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.155
  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 6143

Parts

  • Number of Parts 96
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 509