@IslandSinker aaaah, that one

@Monarchii from a "campaign of Call of Duty: World at War", mission is "Black Cats" where you play as a gunner of a PBY Catalina that was about to intercept a merchant convoy that was about to go on Okinawa.

@IslandSinker remind me again where that came from? I feel like I've either heard it somewhere in the movies.. or youtube, either really.

Unrelated but i got the urge to say it...:

"TAKE OUT THOSE F###ING P.T. BOATS!"

@ShiroNeko noted

@Monarchii.
If you're asking for any inclusion of airbrakes for the spine, I'd say none. Though I will say that if you add always-active airbrakes which doesn't stop the ship when it's powered, it would be a neat feature if, let's say, you want to stop the ship without using other source of thrust. It mimics fluid drag per se.

@ShiroNeko I see, I'll note that down, say, any airbrakes? drag on the hull?

@Monarchii
Chordscale plays a major role and so is the size of the propellers. You should also consider capping the maxRpm to below 500 to make it look realistic as well as taking in consideration how deep the propellers should be on your ship since if you put it way too deep, they won't work.

@Christiant2 well, same tbh

@Monarchii
I do not really do it often :◇

@Christiant2 I don't do tags, just checkitaud in the jet stream if you will

@Monarchii Tag me on each of your next planes or thingamabobers
Please? =>
( う-´)づ︻==╤── (˚☐˚”)/

@ShiroNeko noted, worth a try, now how do you do it? chordscale 13+? superpowered engine? maxrpm ludicrous?

@Monarchii, I haven't tried, personally but it might work if the propeller blades turn.

@ShiroNeko kinda yeah idk, I want it to atleast feel semi realistic both ways, I've ate shxt thinking that I just need airbrakes in the opposite direction and then it speeds like hell on the other way kek.

say, does the vanilla propeller method workable with variable manual pitch or does that just not work?

@Monarchii.
Reverse can be compensated by using jet engines. but i guess you're also going with the aesthetics.

@ShiroNeko and thanks for the torpedo-listing insight, that has not crossed my mind on how good that would be, cause on my current(or kendog84's, to be exact) doesn't exactly model torpedo damage, only gunfire by cannon

@ShiroNeko I actually kinda need the reverse ;~;, which is why I'm experimenting with this build(cause idk how to electric) with VTOL reverse and all, and yes, it's a cruiser, Japanese Cruiser to be exact, three shaft and sure, brb on tagging you on somewhere gimme minute

@Monarchii
The amount of hinges and buoyant blocks depends on you but the 'least' amount you should at least use is around six each (hinges and blocks, two on front, two on the middle, two on the stern. One on each side). They do not need gyros. CoM is fine wherever as long as the CoM is not too high or the spine is not wide enough to accommodate the high CoM. Additionally, If you plan on making a damage model, you could use the same spine and have the buoyant blocks have low-to-none HP so whenever they get hit by torpedoes, they get destroyed which produce listing on one side.
 
About the propellers, I am currently using a rotator-powered propeller on my WIP, which was made by another user. I have to ask the specific user if I could lend it to you. It would be better if you tag me on an unlisted (or dm me on Discord) to discuss it.
 
Although, if you're saving parts and if your ship is big enough (let's say, cruiser size and up), I could tell you some tips on how to make the vanilla propellers work on ships (they produce the actual thrust so if these propellers gets destroyed, they won't produce any). I have this installed on at least two of my battleships. They mostly don't work on smaller vessels sadly, and cannot reverse.

(and btw, that means that wave dampened ships don't need gyros right? just needs a low CoM below waterline)

@ShiroNeko aha, noted.. so it's a disabled hingerotator yes?(as along as it's not floppy right?), and hmm.. I had a plan to make it also have a damage model like my bigger target ships and I think it'll work if what I think is right..

speaking of which, 6 buoyancies on each side is not too much right? that's the planned sections it'll have, and.. if I ever get around finally finishing it, can I ask your help tuning it's sea performance then kek, I don't have a PC and wave dampening sounds like it's a ship-specific issue instead of a universal thing, my ships plan to also be 45,000kg always(for my standardization-wanting ass) so hopefully I can just reuse it later if the ship is same-sized as my current project ;~;

that of which, btw, do you have any experience or tips you can share with me regarding electric(rotator) propellers? my test carrier Sneezuchii when I tried pushing it past 60km/h(33 knots) sometimes spazzes out, bit always, but sometimes, and I'm pretty sure I didn't mwss the collisions or torque, is it low physics problem perhaps? ;~;

@Monarchii
Surely, you asked the right person for that lol. It would be difficult (and most likely boring) to just read instructions but I'll do it anyway.
The materials you need would be hinge rotators with disabled inputs (range and speed can be ignored) as well as the buoyant fuselage on the end.
The wave dampers that I designed works similarly to a leaf spring. When the weight of the ship pushes down on the hinges, the hinges' flex will decrease the bounce force (or whatever it's called) thus making the ship less bouncy. Again, it is a leaf spring that run across a ship.
 
What I would suggest is to create a 'spine-like' separate sub-assembly for the damping system where all the hinges are attached on a single part and the hinges are spread on most points (front, middle, and back areas of the ship). The most basic spine I could think of comprises of six hinges and buoyant blocks (Two in the bow, midship, and stern. One on each side).
 
Another tip is that the distance of the buoyant blocks and the hinges affect the 'sensitivity' of the dampers. The closer the buoyant block is to the hinges, the less effective it is since the hinges will flex less (or flex more resulting in you actually bouncing more). This means that the larger the ship, the easier to make it more stable (on Ocean Mod as well, as it was designed to be used on).
 
You should always remember that the amount of buoyancy of the blocks will heavily affect the performance of the damper, this is crucial too. Too much and it will be too stiff, less and it will sink more often/deeper than it should do.
 
If ya need more help, just ask me. I love seeing notifications when opening the site lol.

@ShiroNeko speaking of which, Shiroh, if you don't mind me bothering a bit, how do you make Wave Dampeners? I remember it's something with rotators but idk how exactly, I kinda want to implement it for my later bigger project

@ShiroNeko glad you like it Shiroh, and uhh, that genshin meme keeps getting stuck in my head for some reason, and I don't even play genshin, but it does lmao, and Quebecois.. well, was thinking of Canada so XD

(and please ignore the first two variables, I have err.. *cough* yeah, I like..)

Really fun vehicle to use especially mixed with the part efficiency, Good stuff, Chiichii :))
(interesting variable names too, lol)