This Hydrofoil Tugboat is Amazing! [S3E11] STORMWORKS

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @ProfNCognito! Can't wait for the next video man! So now your Hydrofoil Tug can do 130 Knots. So 1 Knot is 1.15 mph, which means that you can do 149.5, say 150 mph. That's pretty fast for a Boat to be honest, I don't even think the U.S. Navy Pegasus-class Hydrofoils went that fast. *Looks them up on Wikipedia* Yeah, they went 48 Knots Foilborne or 55.2 mph and USS Aries (PHM-5) is the Only one of the 6 Built preserved out at Gasconade, Missouri.

[@ProfNCognito]

Yeah Tucumcari only did 40 knots up on foils.

[@rptromega]

Great video! I've never had much luck getting a working hydrofoil, glad you were able to pull it off.

[@ProfNCognito]

Yeah me too. I was struggling for a bit with the jumping motion it was doing.

[@Bendigo1]

You need a very well-balanced boat, or a ton of logic to keep it from going out of control...

[@Forcemaster2000]

As you did in this video, I've had problems accidentally opening deck hatches when picking up/setting down NPCs. My way of solving that has been to put a button on the deck that has to be activated to unlock the hatches, that way they don't open when you don't want them open, I sank a boat that way recently!

[@ProfNCognito]

Yeah gotta do something about that door.

[@Bendigo1]

Just add a 2 stage button at the door, that way you dont lock yourself out... use an and block so the door will only open if both buttons are pressed at the door. Or add a keypad to make an entry code.

[@ProfNCognito]

Thats not a bad idea.

[@_leonardo_556]

I Love your Videos

[@ProfNCognito]

wow YT was really slow to notify me of the super thanks. Thanks so much. Super appriciated!

[@OmegaF77]

For my hydrofoil I just used a liquid meter that's clamped from -1 to 1 and just attached that to the control surfaces.

[@Forcemaster2000]

You could use a different control method for delicate maneuvering using electric motors. The hydrofoil works fantastic for speedy trips though! I'd love to see a separate build video on it if you ever have the time.

[@ProfNCognito]

I think once I hook up the fluid jet fins it should get better. If not gonna definitely need a separate slow propulsion.

[@Bendigo1]

@@ProfNCognito A gear reduction from the engine to the jets would be good for slow speeds. You could use something like 3:1 reduction and run the engine at like 6 rps and still have quite a bit of power for turning with the jets. Maybe even a clutch setup to reduce the rpm without needing to mess with extra gears?

[@cf453]

I use x^3+y^3 for WS and AD for my clutch, with the seat set at 30%. You’re right about a lower gear, even 1:1 is a bit hot for careful maneuvering.

[@cf453]

Fluid nozzles max out at 6.0 L/s. Cats still work, you probably need 8 for each of those engines. I think you need smaller foils so it takes more speed to get out of the water. I use fluid meters instead of altimeters so that i don’t get dunked by high waves.

[@xxbongobazookaxx7170]

since when did cats not reduce smoke and what do they do now? I usually use cats and nozzles so I never noticed

[@ProfNCognito]

Several updates back. They made it so you could sorta recycle exhaust as air. Total jank. I just use a modular exhaust with a modular fuel port and it deletes the exhaust. Problem solved.

[@thechickabides]

A Hydrofoil was such a cool choice for this design!

[@Bendigo1]

What about a version without hydrofoils but with fluid jets for shallow water rescue? With the fluid jets, I think you could reach the same speed maybe even higher speeds, without foils because it would be planing once you get up some speed. The hydrofoil is definitely good for efficiency and range.

[@ProfNCognito]

That could work but the foils get me over the waves.

[@Bendigo1]

@@ProfNCognito oooohhhh yeah... i forgot about the waves...🤦‍♂️

[@miss_pelt]

I see dead people. Oh, wait, they're merely incapacitated. Phew! Speedy boat. Hmm. How about Speedy Boatzales for a name? If you feel up to it, I'd love a tutorial how you set up the hydrofoil. (c: I wish these flashing lights they hold when in the water were on life jackets so they kept flashing even when someone is unconscious (or dead even). Of course, not all will have (time to put on) a life jacket, as in IRL. Keep the series going, please -- I saw nothing at the end... (c;

[@robertstaats7839]

Game volume needs to be higher tbh, can't hear the wind and can barely hear the water when you jump in it

[@ProfNCognito]

I'll try and turn it up. Honestly not sure where. It's so loud for me and obs is maxed. Must be a windows setting somewhere.

[@robertstaats7839]

@@ProfNCognito for some reason when you first turned it up I could hear the game volume but now I can barely hear it... I'm not sure what the issue could be TBH

[@Roger_McCarthy]

So you have hydrofoil tug boat so now what are you gonna do?

[@ProfNCognito]

Make it fly? I dunno.

[@Idk455-]

When you do missions you should steal their boats because it you can sell them

[@ludvigarstrand9666]

you cant sell them

[@robertstaats7839]

Kinda disappointed tbh... I just wanna see people actually do bigger ships in the career mode but whatever

[@Bendigo1]

Bigger ships costs more money... gotta go small to make more money and get parts to make bigger boats and buy fuel to make them go...

[@robertstaats7839]

@@Bendigo1 no shit Sherlock

[@robertstaats7839]

@@Bendigo1 if you've been watching the entire series he had over a million at one point but keeps restarting so yeah

[@teambla]

@@robertstaats7839 because after a while it gets a bit boring so starting a new career mode makes it funner

[@robertstaats7839]

@@teambla funner is not a proper word dude. And not really, all these small boats are not fun at all, I liked the earlier part of the series with the hippo and such but always having small boats is really boring

[@stevepittman3770]

Nice hydrofoil! Something that might help with roll stability is to have a wider plane in the front and maybe the back too that angles up at each end where you put your control surfaces. Having the control surfaces angled against each other should (theoretically, this is Stormworks we're talking about) create a dihedral wing angle which should want to stay upright on its own. Like this: i.ytimg.com/vi/0GW0FT1jb3A/maxresdefault.jpg You could also do some complex stuff with the control surfaces to lean one direction or the other to help you turn at high speed but that's likely to be very fiddly and turning like that will mess with the natural tendency to stay upright. For low speed you will prolly need rudders though.

[@ProfNCognito]

I was wanting to do something like this but stormworks so I was being safe. It would totally look sweet though.

[@stevepittman3770]

@@ProfNCognito Agreed, but yeah it'd probably be very fiddly.