Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: AIP [air independant propulsion]

[Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net>]

>Thermite could melt through an engine block like a knife through 
>butter ( I have seen it!) . Imagine you are at 200 feet underwater 
>and see your thermite melting through your hull. It will be like a 
>balloon pinch by a needle. Puff! The only ecuation I can see is: 
>thermite + submarine = debri and water vapor.
>
>The idea of an energy source seems good but the reaction of thermite 
>is an uncontrollable one thus making it a very, very dangerous 
>energy source. The idea of the pellets is neat but be sure you test 
>it well before trying anything underwater. Also, thermite burns 
>oxygen and underwater, this is a resource not to be wasting off.
>
>Please don't think I'm harsh here. I also have some crazy ideas on 
>my head that don't go away. My wife says that this sub making idea 
>is an obsession and that she already have the cost estimates of 
>having me on an asylum for depressed submarine maniacs. Anyway, most 
>inventions where discovered by the same way; crazy idea + experiment 
>/ mishaps = inventions. Good luck with your idea.
>
>Eliezer Rodriguez
>"The only thing in life to fear is fear itself."
>
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Hi

Does anyone know anything about LPG/butane engines that you see on fork trucks
although air is used in the combustion, maybe the ratio is not too high and
could be supplied from a compressed source, its a shot in the dark but someone
out there must have tinkered with one at some point.
I have just seen some info on underwater rockets, they are now in production
in Russia after having been tested for some years, they have conducted test
firings from subs, the rockets have proximity fused warheads and are at this
moment unguided but they are working on it, could anyone out there imagine
the Bionic Dolphin with one of these motors in its tail! I will post 
photos or a
link soon.
                    Regards, Garry