Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Thrusters behind vs thrusters at sides?

[Lew Clayman <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>]

--- Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com> wrote:
> - Carrying the tank outside means it does not add any weight to the hull.

Sure it does... ok, technically perhaps not to the hull, but certainly to the sub as a whole.

> - If one motor dies, I think its more likely the survivor can be used for
> getting home (as opposed to going in circles) if its close to the
> centerline.

Either way, you'll have to steer to compensate.
 
> But on the other hand, if I mounted the thrusters in fixed positions one on
> each side, near the stern but on the side of the hull (like an MD-80
> airliner):
> 
> - There's no fairing to build or break.

You could have fairings there, too.  On the other hand, on the center, why is fairing necessary?

-Lew


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