Suggestion for new vehicles

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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Armulus Satchula » Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:56 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship

An Ironclad would be pretty awesome. It would take A LOT of iron, but not need any wood.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Piscator » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:28 pm

I guess that should wait until we can have engines on ships. I very much like the idea of all iron (aluminum, steel etc.) ships though.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Armulus Satchula » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:32 pm

I suppose it probably would need an engine. If ship engines are in the eventual future, the shell of the ship could be created and the metal rooms. Even if it needs like 2 vehicle engines. They could possibly be applied, just not take effect yet.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Piscator » Thu Dec 23, 2010 4:41 pm

Well, having an effect is not the problem, we have sails after all. Using fuel is where it gets problematic.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby nellyneil » Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:45 am

Armulus Satchula wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship

An Ironclad would be pretty awesome. It would take A LOT of iron, but not need any wood.

It should take same or a bit more wood than a galleon, and then a good deal of iron. Ironclads are just as the name depics, a boat covered in metal.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Wolfsong » Mon Aug 01, 2011 3:15 am

The problem with ironclads is that they're steam-powered, which implies an engine. All ships thus far have been powered by sails. A steam-powered ship would travel drastically faster than one powered by sails, given it wasn't at the mercy of the wind, and given how fast ships are already, I doubt we need an even faster one.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby viktor » Mon Aug 01, 2011 5:37 am

if we had a steam powered speedship like an ironclad, their capacity would expectedly be lower than a comparable wooden ship with sails and/or weight effect would just become a negligible consideration for it.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Armulus Satchula » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:47 am

We have buses, why not RV's. Allow more things to be built inside of them. Bed, table, chairs, maybe a workbench, or some food prep items.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby SekoETC » Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:40 pm

I think it would make sense if there were land vehicles that didn't require rubber (besides the small wooden cart). Cartwheels don't require rubber. I'm mainly looking for something that would allow traveling faster, weight capacity is secondary.
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Bryan T B » Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:48 pm

horses if they havent already been sugested
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby oxyquan » Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:55 pm

Bronze sloop
Materials:
14000 grams of wood
400 grams of bronze

Bronze rickshaw
Base speed: 0.17
Materials:
1500 grams of bronze
100 grams of rubber
300 grams of wood
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Greek » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:13 pm

Bronze sloop? :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby oxyquan » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:43 pm

Greek wrote:Bronze sloop? :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


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Re: Suggestion for new vehicles

Postby Odin » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:12 am

Hot air balloon requires silk ,wood, steel , propane
Travels on land and water.

Sorry since it has already been suggested even though it is a good idea I would like to suggest a zepplin also.

Oh and no Clipper ,A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area.The boom years of the Clipper Ship Era began in 1843 as a result of the growing demand for a more rapid delivery of tea from China. It continued under the stimulating influence of the discovery of gold in California and Australia in 1848 and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.
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