QuinceDaPence comments on Are you REALLY a fan?

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I can shoot a pistol from a jet-ski and go faster than an aircraft carrier. Is that a ship?

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

No it's a boat. A ship is capable of carrying a boat.

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[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So a shuttlecraft is a boat

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[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

You aren't outrunning an aircraft carrier, those behemoths can outrun most of their escorts if they want

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[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Planing vs displacement.

An aircraft carrier is limited by its hull speed to about 45 pretty much no matter how much power you give it.

A slow jetski will do 65. I've heen on ones that would do that with the "slow" key where supposedly the fast key would let you do 85-90.

I've also been on a tri-tune that did 75.

An aircraft carrier is about the fastest displacement vessel but when you move into planing hulls its a different ball game.

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