Waterskiing, Ooyodo. It's waterskiing...

Jarlath said:

Waterskiing, Ooyodo. It's waterskiing...

No, it's a podracer.

ida1 said:

No, it's a podracer.

This is not podracing.

This is a trimaran hulled aircraft carrier.

ithekro said:

This is not podracing.

This is a trimaran hulled aircraft carrier.

So that's what they're called. I knew they existed, I just thought they were "triboats" or something simple like that.

Trimarans are technically a single main hull with two outriggers; they also tend to be sail powered, but trimarans (I think) hold the circumnavigation record, as they can sustain very high speeds over a longer period of time.

Even in a motor-driven trimaran, the motive force generally comes from the central hull, with the outriggers only providing buoyancy and stability (and anchor points to build structures on).

That being said, there's no real issue in constructing a trimaran with a beam and length large enough to land a plane on - just that it's maximum displacement wouldn't be nearly large enough to hold a full air wing without some seriously fancy engineering compared to a equivalent monohull; it's like if you scaled up a Ferrari to the size of a truck - it just wouldn't be able to pull a equivalent load.

Paracite said:

Trimarans are technically a single main hull with two outriggers; they also tend to be sail powered, but trimarans (I think) hold the circumnavigation record, as they can sustain very high speeds over a longer period of time.

Even in a motor-driven trimaran, the motive force generally comes from the central hull, with the outriggers only providing buoyancy and stability (and anchor points to build structures on).

That being said, there's no real issue in constructing a trimaran with a beam and length large enough to land a plane on - just that it's maximum displacement wouldn't be nearly large enough to hold a full air wing without some seriously fancy engineering compared to a equivalent monohull; it's like if you scaled up a Ferrari to the size of a truck - it just wouldn't be able to pull a equivalent load.

There's also concerns for structural integrity in higher scale waves after you scale up beyond a certain point.