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Title: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Smoody on July 23, 2007, 13:04:15
Hello,

for everybody who haven't seen yet, here it is... the hovercraft for a virtual travel from Portsmouth to Ryde like in reality.

Available in the upcoming upgrade expected in September.

(http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Hovertravel/Freedom90-06-Ship-Sim_800.jpg)

Holger
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: J3nsen on July 23, 2007, 13:05:49
ahhh, nice to hear the project live!  :-*
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: chouby-20 on July 23, 2007, 13:13:16
WE WILL HAVE THE HARBOUR OF CALAIS AND DOVER IF THERE IS HOVERCRAFT? ;)
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Smoody on July 23, 2007, 13:36:42
Until now no other Hoverports are planned. If you are looking to the ports of Portsmouth and Ryde you can see the special ports where hovercrafts can land and these ports are used by "Hovertravel" which you can see on the picture above.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Mr Robville on July 23, 2007, 14:23:23
looks awsome! i can't wait ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: JHB on July 23, 2007, 14:41:00
Looks great! How about the dynamics and behaviour? Is it realistic? ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Smoody on July 23, 2007, 14:54:37
Maybe an administrator of this forum can give more details about the actual state of this hovercraft... I'm also hopeful that the dynamics are realistic as they should be.  :)
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: wazzzzzzy on July 23, 2007, 16:35:21
looks awesome but what about the jet ski ???
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Ballast on July 23, 2007, 17:52:06
Oh men, u can have some fun with the hovercraft at the Phi Phi Islands  ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Shipaddict on July 23, 2007, 18:55:49
I like that hovercraft ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: dave123 on August 02, 2007, 14:43:38
Has any lucky developer got a video of this in action (on water as opposed to the model video I remember seeing)?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Agent|Austin on August 04, 2007, 00:51:18
Will it be able to go up onto land, like on Alcatraz...

100 posts =D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Jazz on August 04, 2007, 01:30:46
Pwange.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Agent|Austin on August 04, 2007, 05:06:40
Is it based off of the Freedom 90, Hover travel Hover Craft

http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Hovertravel/Freedom90-20040911-igb-01.jpg

Edit: NVM yes it is >_<
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Gertjan on August 07, 2007, 11:03:45
I saw in one of the navy fire exersize movies from Vstep a Dutch ROyal Navy M-Class frigate  ;D

Please, pretty please with sugar on top, put this beautifull vessel ingame  ;D 8)

Check it out here: http://www.vstepvideos.com/video/VSTEP_Navy_training.wmv
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Merkur on August 07, 2007, 15:57:28
You talk about an upgrade ??  Will it be an upgrade which we have to pay for ? Or will it  be an regular patch of this Game ?
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Jazz on August 07, 2007, 16:15:08
It will come in a free path, due to release for Spetember if I'm correct? For free, of course.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Bottman on August 07, 2007, 16:48:40
WE WILL HAVE THE HARBOUR OF CALAIS AND DOVER IF THERE IS HOVERCRAFT? ;)

There are no hovercrafts any more since a few years running between Dover and Calais! Well, and the new one for the Sim is much, much smaller than the good old channel hovercrafts!

Cheers
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: shipfan55 on August 07, 2007, 16:52:25
i cant wait till fairmount fjell comes out to sail,ill put it in huge waves!
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: muns on August 07, 2007, 18:48:56
Ahh I remember the days of the SRN6 hovercrafts from Southampton to Cowes.  The southampton terminal was on the north side of the River Itchen near the Bridge.  I think the Cowes Terminal was not far from the current Red Funnel Car terminal near the hanger with the Union Flag painted on the front (but I may be wrong).

Btw, the inventor of the Hovercraft was Sr Christopher Cockeral and he lived just down the road from where I grew up in Hythe, near Southampton.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 08, 2007, 12:24:55
There are no hovercrafts any more since a few years running between Dover and Calais! Well, and the new one for the Sim is much, much smaller than the good old channel hovercrafts!

Cheers
A quick off topic point:
And since hoverspeed chopped the profitable hovercraft and made everyone go on the seacat (which despite the speed rarely docked before the P&O leaving at the same time)- what has happened? Hoverspeed is no more.

Just a quick point I thought I'd make. For no reason.

Stu
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stew2000 on August 08, 2007, 17:31:58
Btw, the inventor of the Hovercraft was Sr Christopher Cockeral and he lived just down the road from where I grew up in Hythe, near Southampton.

I never knew there was a Hythe at Southampton. all i knew was that there is a Hythe near Dungeness. :)
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 08, 2007, 19:03:24
According to google there are three places in Britain called Hythe.

Where the third one is, I couldn't tell you.

I know the Kent hythe quite well. Got a superb little railway running through it. (Romney, Hythe, Dymchurch Railway for those who don't know) 1/4 scale... More reliable and punctual than mainline!

Stu
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stew2000 on August 08, 2007, 19:15:16
I know the Kent hythe quite well. Got a superb little railway running through it. (Romney, Hythe, Dymchurch Railway for those who don't know) 1/4 scale... More reliable and punctual than mainline!

Stu

rofl so true ^_^
i live bout 20 miles from it. and only been on it once. i prefer the Bodiam to Tenderden line, only 8 ish miles away. :)

getting a little off topic :P
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: muns on August 08, 2007, 19:20:11
I never knew there was a Hythe at Southampton. all i knew was that there is a Hythe near Dungeness. :)

Hi Stu,

The Hythe near Southampton is shown on the ShipSim Charts - all be it not spelt correctly - Hyth - but what's an e between friends  ;D You can find it on the south western side of southampton water opposite the itchen river.

There is a ferry that runs from the Hythe Pier to Town Quay in Southampton, next to the real Red Jet Terminal.

I havn't been to Hythe in Kent for years and years, quite a nice place if I remember.

Rgds

Mark
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stew2000 on August 08, 2007, 19:24:08
Hi Stu,
I havn't been to Hythe in Kent for years and years, quite a nice place if I remember.

Rgds

Mark

sure is. it would be good if shipsim had the coastline from Rye up to Folkestone or further ;)
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: blortina on August 09, 2007, 22:07:44

will there be a nice bar or a little cafe to get a beer and some bread and cheese or something?

looks a bit cramped to have satisfactory service.

and hey is that Bill Lumberg on the Developer's shirt, the Office Space Guy...

yeah, I'm going to need you to abandon your family and play ship sim on Saturday, and I'm going to need you to be drunk and doing it again on Sunday, yeah.

great sim so far the upgrade / expansion will make it even better... we need some new stuff, we've driven all over the flippin world, GIVE US OUR JUNK, GIVE US OUR GOOD JUNK.

thank you,

first officer blortina
ss intoxicada
registered in liberia / costa rica / monaco / perth amboy, NJ


Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stuart2007 on August 10, 2007, 23:25:09
Do what?  ???
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: andy_m on August 10, 2007, 23:34:07
I know, im rather confused as well lol  ???

Regards,
Andy
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Jazz on August 11, 2007, 00:38:34
No cheese, but lots and lots of ham! ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: beechjetkid17 on August 11, 2007, 05:15:12
the hovercraft looks like a great and fun "ship" ,if thats what you want to call it, to "sail" the seas with. I wonder what the missions will be like?? The hovercraft does look a little cramped though. Does anyone know the top speed of the hovercraft? I wonder if it has good handling and performance and easy to read controls.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Ship Sim on August 11, 2007, 06:38:41
Cant wait for the hover craft. ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Pompeyfan_2291 on August 11, 2007, 19:05:58
the hovercraft shown is an 98 seater ap1-88/100s. with a slightly newer one called island express working alongside it. both are allowed to go at 40knts in passenger service but have been sighted going 60knts. hovertravel also have a brand new 130 seater BHT-130 running alongside which took part in the cross forth trials a few weeks back. the BHT is called solent express and all three craft take between 7-10 mins to do the 5 mile solent crossing. they run every 30 mins off peak but every 15 at around 8 am and 5 pm. hope this info helps :D

this should help http://www.hoverwork.co.uk/2003_freedom90.html
this should help also http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/hovercraft/hovertravelbht.htm
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: agibbs98 on September 02, 2007, 17:48:15
Will the hovercraft be free?  ???
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Shipaddict on September 02, 2007, 17:54:50
yes.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: agibbs98 on September 02, 2007, 17:56:12
Cool  ;D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: jackrocks183 on September 02, 2007, 20:51:32
is this thing gonna go on land in the game?
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Stew2000 on September 02, 2007, 20:59:47
is this thing gonna go on land in the game?

Be a bit wrong if it didn't :D
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Agent|Austin on September 02, 2007, 23:39:36
is this thing gonna go on land in the game?

Yes it is look at the videos bottman posted. They modeled the hover pads.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: shipfan55 on September 03, 2007, 01:21:16
can a mod post a pic of fairmount fjell in beta for ss08?
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: groennegaard on September 03, 2007, 07:04:06
can a mod post a pic of fairmount fjell in beta for ss08?

Hi Shipfan :)

We can't post any pictures of fairmount fjell yet. The simple fact is that it isn't in the beta...  ;)

From where did you get that idea?!  ::) I think it the annoucements have made it very clear that there will only be two new playerships: The hovercraft and the jet ski.

Regards
groennegaard
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Agent|Austin on September 03, 2007, 07:22:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEiSwPztUeI

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynGKe4Aw8DE

and that topic I made about them both.
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: groennegaard on September 03, 2007, 09:16:31
Yes but these videos are very old... Even the title says SS 2007!!  :D

If you read every official announcement on the 1.1 patch, nothing is mentioned about the Fairmount Fjell - only a jet ski and a hovercraft. So I was just wondering where you got the idea that the Fairmount Fjell should be in that release... but now I realize that you just made that up yourself.

Let's get back to the hovercraft... ;)

Regards
groennegaard
Title: Re: Hovercraft for upgraded Ship Simulator 2008
Post by: Shipaddict on September 03, 2007, 09:17:43
What's the hovercraft horn like?

I don't know all the signals. Some from another topic but I like makinga din... :D