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 | | 17 Jan 2012 09:44 PM | | Ok this is just a thought and it might be againts rules but this is me just wondering, never tested or anything just a thought, and i want to share my stupid thought to the world.....ok just imagine you know how some cars have front wheel drive and are good in the snow...well imagine a boat with front prop drive (rudders in the rear still), it might be better in speed raming and other countless things =) remeber this is me being an idiot in class thinking of stupid things, so feel free to coment i would love to hear the critisism on my bright but retarded idea thanks -Dave | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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Will
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| | 18 Jan 2012 08:32 AM | | U live close to Three Mile Island there in PA? | | | USS Pennsylvania | |
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| | 18 Jan 2012 10:55 AM | | kinda but u gota remember pa is small its not far to drive anywhere here =P but u know were pheonixville, pottstown, spring city, royersford, or Coventry is? well i live in spring city and the other towns listed are really close as for 3 mile island, i heard of it but never been there at least i don't think .....well i just looked up were 3mile island pa is and im only about an 1hour 30 min away not to bad | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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| | 19 Jan 2012 01:42 PM | | I think Will was implying that you or your parents may have been irradiated back in the day. | | | |
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| | 19 Jan 2012 07:44 PM | | haha vroom right over my head, dont i feel even dumber thanks for letting me know =P | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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Will
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| | 20 Jan 2012 02:21 PM | | Sorry about that attemp at humor...real punch line is I lived a mile down the road from TMI, use to fish off there ! | | | USS Pennsylvania | |
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Will
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| | 20 Jan 2012 02:37 PM | | ......and my son is a NUKE... | | | USS Pennsylvania | |
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| | 20 Jan 2012 03:58 PM | | hahaha | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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| | 21 Jan 2012 01:19 PM | | That would be pretty funny, especially on the classes of ship that don't have aggressively forward-sloping bows... with the right size propellers and good forward momentum, one ought to be able to punch right through the balsa sheeting below the waterline and chew a lovely hole... or get stuck and cause a double-sink, heh. Sadly, I think the MWCI rules prohibit this because of the requirement for a ship's drive shafts to be in the scale number and positions. Also, if my experience trying to reverse-turn an Iowa-class battleship are any indication, separating the two elements of the drive (rudders and shafts) at opposite ends of the ship would make steering impossible. Then again, that's the Iowa-class, which is only a little longer and maybe ten pounds heavier than the Bismarck. You'd make an amazing one-way-only battering ram, though! | | | "I'ma learn you a thing or three real good-like..." | |
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| | 21 Jan 2012 08:59 PM | | haha thats what i thought i gues maybe there was a loop hole. just an idea that poped into my crazy head | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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Miller7D
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| | 21 Jan 2012 09:11 PM | | Crazy ideas are things we need. Keeps things interesting! | | | "I'ma learn you a thing or three real good-like..." | |
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| | 21 Jan 2012 11:54 PM | | haha i will try, i gues when ur in college in a boring class u think alot so thats what ive been doin
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| | 24 Jan 2012 07:21 AM | | There are a very few warships that had a drive prop in the front. Main reason is that it's waaaaay less efficient at driving the boat than a prop at the stern. Google 'hull effect' and see why. Also, if you're a WWI ship, a drive prop in front would kind of make the ram bow (more) useless. | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
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| | 24 Jan 2012 09:33 AM | | ok heres another idea on the ramming. i thought of the early u-boats were they had net cutters on the front, like spikes, im sure you know what i mean. anyway this would go good for people with subs would it not if your aloud to ram ships atleast | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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| | 24 Jan 2012 12:44 PM | | Seriously? I will grant you that your sub can freely ram any anti-torpedo netting that is deployed in-game. Ships? Not a chance. | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
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MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
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Steve Tyng
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| | 24 Jan 2012 02:39 PM | | It's possible the irradiation in Dave's lineage has somehow combined an interest in Naval history and a lack of frequent coitus into this ramming obsession... 
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| | 24 Jan 2012 04:09 PM | | i saw an awsome video of this one guy getting ramed and it was a HUGE hole idk i gues i love making big holes in ships and watching them sink haha | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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| | 25 Jan 2012 11:05 AM | | Posted By Steve Tyng on 24 Jan 2012 02:39 PM
It's possible the irradiation in Dave's lineage has somehow combined an interest in Naval history and a lack of frequent coitus into this ramming obsession...
...at this point, I am inclined to agree with Herr Tyng's assessment  But I am moving this thread to a more appropriate forum, like Next-gen combat, as it's clearly non-technical  | | | Battling: SMS Scharnhorst, SMS Baden
Building: HMS KGV (Drives, pumps water, guns are in but not plumbed)
MN Edgar Quinet (Hull done)
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| | 25 Jan 2012 11:21 AM | | haha ok | | | Life: its not about the destination, its about the journey getting there*********************************Life's a garden...DIG IT! | |
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