Credit to the "Generator Assembly (Very Much Unfinished) (Generator Example)" by Anjelen, which I have modified and adapted to this vehicle. Thank you very much for sharing it!!!
The goal of this build was to have a fast, compact, versatile ship.
Ship still WIP but core functions work.
Quick Start
• Get in the seat, button to your left to close the door.
• Turn generator on: small switch in front of you, then turn on the ignition just to its right. Wait a few sec.
• Can pivot on the spot with bow & stern thrusters.
• The ship is currently overpowered. Without foils: accelerate gently, stay within 35 throttle (look at the throttle lever for the value) for regular use; overdrive up to 40 throttle. When turning, the WaterJet deflectors kick in after a couple seconds to sharpen the turn.
Info
• Speed, indicated in green, is in knots.
• There is 1~2 hours of runtime with the reservoirs half-full.
Foiling
• Hotkey 6 or button to your left to deploy (at under 20 knots (kts)). In calm waters, with the ship nice and levelled, push the throttle up to 16~22 and watch it rise!
• Roof rudders allow keeping it upright. You can foil up to 35 throttle for a stable cruising speed of 210 kts.
• Switching to Generator High (small arrow button in front) allows pushing the throttle up to 50 without draining the battery, but pilot must be extremely gentle as PIDs have hot been perfected at those speeds yet...
• For emergency stopping: press 6 to retract foils while pressing S to slow down, keep pressed for reverse (slow).
Functions
• Tons of gear around. Seats 16 passengers, 2 medic beds.
• Powerful firefighting water turret. Stop near the fire, leave pilot seat and take position in the command in the cockpit. WASD to aim, space to toggle.
• The "tail" of the boat is a reservoir. Pump functions at the stern bridge.
• Winch with MagAll.
• Auto bildge pump (slow).
• The boat shouldn't capsize since it is bottom-heavy, but in case, there is a toggle to activate the uprighting propeller to the left of the pilot.
• Fuel of the boat is in the blue side-hulls. Should they become unbalanced and the boat start to list, use the "pump to port/starboard" buttons. Fuel pump has to be turned off first.
• There is an emergency manual hatch at the bottom, in case the battery drains and the electric door fails. In that case there is a manual bilge pump.
PIDs and Arrows
• Since PIDs were driving me crazy, I developed a basic on-the-go PID tuner for R&D of the boat and adapting in future versions. Left & Right to select the channel, Up & Down to change the variables. Pitch Control and Hover Control have customisable set-points and trim.
WIP coming up.
Not functioning: GPS, most of right display.
Please don't re-upload without permission.
Would be thrilled to receive feedback, but don't take it personally if I have long delays in answering.
Have fun!
