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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sea trials/PSU/Navy propulsion



Some technical dates: 

German torpedoes (prototypes) during the end of WWII : 

1.) Hotair.steam 	45 kn 	6000 m runway
use 4,655 kg Air/Psh and 0,48 kg Dekalin/Psh

2.) Elektro-engine	40 kn	2000 m 

3.) Walter plant "Steinbarsch" 45 kn 8000 m runway
use 7,5 kg steam at each Psh (horsepower at one hour)

4.) Walter plant "Schildbutt" 45 kn  14000 m runway
15 kg Steam/psh

5.) Close circurit diesel engine  with 100 kg more payload
for the warhead runs 48 kn and 18000 m runway
use 0,68 kg 02/Psh and 0,29 kg fuel/Psh
Use a 8 cylinder 425 hp 4500 U/min 4,3 l displacement engine. 
No bubbles - CO2 was asorb by seawater after 4-5 m waterdeep. 

regards Carsten 

Captain Nemo schrieb:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Suds" <paul_suds@hotmail.com>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 3:40 AM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sea trials/PSU/Navy propulsion
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks for the URL's.  I put them in my "favorites" file for future
> reference.
> 
> As you know, I've been thinking about this sort of thing.  An ex-WW-II
> Deisel-Boater told me the old steam torpedos could do about 49 knots; but
> the problem was the bubble wake they left fingered the location of the sub.
> The electric ones were about 29 knots, they said.
> 
> About the MK 50: do you (or anyone else) have any idea of what the
> approximate horsepower output of the propulsion system might be?
> 
> VBR,
> 
> Pat
> vulcania@interpac.net