So why do big metal ships float, anyways?

[ctbaars]

Even some medium size ones, if they're the right shape.
See how the pointy end is down? That keeps it from displacing too much of the water.

Ahhh. So does a female float only if they have their pointy elbows down?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Ahhh. So does a female float only if they have their pointy elbows down?

Depends on the density of her flotation devices.

(I am so going to hell for that one.)

 

[Carson Dyle]

you should buy me a beer just for reading your posts.

We need one of those "two posts a day" or permanent "post all of your crap in one thread" rules for this guy. I feel dumber just visiting this forum and reading the thread titles these days.

 

[ctbaars]

Real ones do float!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP-BilG5rJ4

 

[BoomerD]

Cement boats float also

I used to work with a couple of guys who owned a concrete-hull commercial fishing boat. I went fishing with them a few times out of Half Moon Bay. Fucking hull was as round as a ball...made for an interesting ride in rough seas...

I don't normally get sea-sick...but on that thing...I turned green a couple of times. (never did chum...but got close)

 

[IronWing]

OP, did you peel it first?

 

[disappoint]

Is this Maynebrain's alt account?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Depends on the density of her flotation devices.

(I am so going to hell for that one.)

Don't be silly, you were already going to hell for a lot of different reasons.

 

[Mayne]

its called buoyancy

 

[pcgeek11]

OP really blow your mind how does a submarine sink and then manage to float again!

WOW! Magic.

 

[MrSquished]

Water is indeed heavy. A mere litre of water is 2.2lbs. So when I go backpacking I prefer if the trail has known water sources to filter. Instead of topping off my kit at a full 3 litres at 6.6lbs would go with 1.5 litres at 3.3lbs. Saving 3lbs of weight when you are backpacking is huge.

 

[uallas5]

Mermaids....crap loads of Mermaids

 

[FeuerFrei]

Surface tension. It takes a ton of pressure to shove a battleship-sized pocket of air beneath the surface. I tried it once.

 

[John Connor]

Obviously, metal ways waaaay more than water.

Wrong assumption. The ocean weighs waaaay more than the ship and that is why it floats. To the ocean a ship like an aircraft carrier is a feather to the ocean.

 

[John Connor]

So why do big metal planes fly, anyway?

Air pressure. Negative air pressure that is.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Surface tension. It takes a ton of pressure to shove a battleship-sized pocket of air beneath the surface. I tried it once.

 

[Pulsar]

When air over the top of the wing moves faster than the air moving around the bottom of the wing, you get flight.

That is incorrect.

 

[jman19]

you should buy me a beer just for reading your posts.

You'd lose far fewer brain cells if you just skipped his posts and went straight to the alcohol.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Wrong assumption. The ocean weighs waaaay more than the ship and that is why it floats. To the ocean a ship like an aircraft carrier is a feather to the ocean.

So... a ball of lead should float _really_ well on an ocean that weighs many millions of times more than the ball.

 

[Ichinisan]

Displacement.

Water is heavy.

Shape it to displace enough water and you float.

 

[KillerCharlie]

When air over the top of the wing moves faster than the air moving around the bottom of the wing, you get flight.

That is incorrect.

He is 100% correct. The reason why there is a pressure difference is a whole different story. The trick is producing large amounts of lift with low drag. I am an aerodynamicist and I guarantee you've flown on airplanes I've helped design.

Boats, on the other hand, still need helium or mermaids.

 

[GasX]

There's no replacement for displacement...

 

[JTsyo]

There's no replacement for displacement...

Garage is thata way.->

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Q: So why do big metal shits float, anyways?
A: I dunno but when you find the answer let me know. I got one that refuses to flush. Damn bananas.

 

[angminas]

Devil magic.