Seaplanes

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 22 Apr 2004 10:03

Darn PC... No leftclicking

But i love the dominik idea!

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 10:08

I like Dominiks idea but I don't think a seaplane needs a 'runway' because it can land everywhere at the water. It should land whenever nearby the dock, in every direction.

EDIT: BTW: Can't a seaplane use a ship depot?

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 22 Apr 2004 10:18

Aren't sea planes built on land, meaning their maiden trip starts on land? My suggestion is to use normal plane hangars to built (and service) them. Just allow them to use docks as loading areas too.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 10:23

Hyronymus wrote:Aren't sea planes built on land, meaning their maiden trip starts on land? My suggestion is to use normal plane hangars to built (and service) them. Just allow them to use docks as loading areas too.

If a seaplane is built on land, how do you trainsport it into sea or air. It can't take off on land, and it can't drive into water. So you'll need a water-depot.

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 22 Apr 2004 10:27

Purno wrote:It can't take off on land, and it can't drive into water. So you'll need a water-depot.

Some planes also have wheels to take-off and land on normal airfields.
The wheels are "inflateble"(is this the correct wordt for that?) so they won't be wet when the plane is landing on water.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 10:29

So it can take off at normal airports too?

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 22 Apr 2004 10:29

mispunt wrote:Some planes also have wheels to take-off and land on normal airfields.
The wheels are "inflateble"(is this the correct wordt for that?) so they won't be wet when the plane is landing on water.

He's soooo right.

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Apr 2004 10:31

dominik81 wrote:This is what I think a seaport should be look like. After all it's supposed to be for small areas and most of the time you don't have long costal streches. Therefore this one uses just 3 costal tiles.

I think the dock should be optional... (Build a dock there and voila, you've got the dock back)

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 10:36

I think the seaplane should use a normal dock (maybe the dock needs some graphical modifications anyway).

Maybe you can add a traffic control tower, but I think that's only for big docks.

EDIT: I think it should work this way: A seaplane comes flying to a dock. He lands nearby the dock and then floats to the dock to (un)load.

dominik81 · Post by **dominik81** » 22 Apr 2004 10:41

I don't think that seaplanes have wheels. I was more thinking about the famous Talespin seaplane "Sea Duck", picture attached.

Hyronymus · Post by **Hyronymus** » 22 Apr 2004 10:42

Very sensible. No marks needed in the water. But now what to do with multiple planes at one dock?

PS: my contributions to OTTD will just be on the thinking-along spectrum.

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 22 Apr 2004 11:13

dominik81 wrote:I don't think that seaplanes have wheels. I was more thinking about the famous Talespin seaplane "Sea Duck", picture attached.

see this: http://www.menet.umn.edu/~mlr/pix-html/ ... talina.jpg
So some planes do haev wheels other don't, so it should be possible to make seaplanes who could use normal airports and hangars as well as docks. and other who couuld only use docks.

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 11:17

What about GTA Vice City's Skimmer

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 22 Apr 2004 11:27

Purno wrote:What about GTA Vice City's Skimmer

Protected...
http://gta.ag.ru/i/vc/cars/skimmers.jpg

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 11:34

GoneWacko wrote:Protected...

What do you mean?

fabca2 · Post by **fabca2** » 22 Apr 2004 11:58

Seaplane are a good idea, but please make the runing cost enough high..

otherwise there are no need to have boat, aierplane anymore !

instead of building canals, you will build a small airport, target your seaplane to use the airport... it will be faster..

I think we must think about some disavantages (lower reliability, slower than real aireplane, smaller cargo, high runing cost)

for information the advantages are : can land everywhere in sea (plane don't)
faster than boats, can use airport (boat don't.. really!), see the sky to move to take the quickest "road" to destination (boat need to move around obstacles sometimes)... which is enough I think.

don't you ?

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 12:14

I think seaplanes should absolutely have smaller capacity than ships.

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 22 Apr 2004 12:16

I second that, because when they don't have less capacity they should be very, very large...

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 22 Apr 2004 12:24

like a Boeing 747, which can land on the water.

mispunt · Post by **mispunt** » 22 Apr 2004 12:29

he probably could land on water, but could he go up again?

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