torpedo system

[Nuke Power]

Those helis are insane. I cant imagine the asking price of one of those turbine choppers after looking at the price of one of my pathetic electrics!


Here is a look at the missile system Ive been working on for my Ohio boat. Not torpedos but the concept is the same.

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

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Hey here is my other hobby i wanted to share with you both. I like fooling around with any thing technical and precision . here is picture of my ugly mug :rolleyes:

Jim A
http://www.airstarintl.com/News.html

Most impressive. You pegged my 'respect' meter.

David,

[toppack]

Very Interesting Jim, but those Submarines you have pictured on your website will 'Never Float"! :D LOL :D
They will Submerge tho. :D

[deepseadiver]

Hey here is my other hobby i wanted to share with you both. I like fooling around with any thing technical and precision . here is picture of my ugly mug :rolleyes:

Jim Ahttp://forum.sub-driver.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=372&stc=1&d=1233304379

[deepseadiver]

70 psi sounds like I'm making a rocket, more then a torpedo, but i guess for it to go any distance it needs some go go juice in it right ? I don't want to be putting any kind of flammable gas into it. I would think just good old air brush propellant like what we use for the WTC container for the subs air ballast tank, should work any suggestions please.

Jim

[toppack]

My warning was mainly for Jim and anyone else, but I don't even want You to Loose an Eye-ball. :D

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Be careful! 70psi doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to do some Projectal Damage.

Mr. Ambassador, I'll take your recommendation under advisement.

(I've only been doing this **** for 20 some years now!).

David,

[toppack]

Be careful! 70psi doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to do some Projectal Damage.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How much psi do you pressurize the tube to . I'm thinking of making my own version and testing it in my back yard pond. If i get success i will post what i have done and go from there. But i will need a little help.

Jim

Nominal working pressure of Propellant (Butane/Methane) at room temperature is 70 PSI -- so that's the working pressure of both the launcher and weapons.

David,

[deepseadiver]

How much psi do you pressurize the tube to . I'm thinking of making my own version and testing it in my back yard pond. If i get success i will post what i have done and go from there. But i will need a little help.

Jim

[deepseadiver]

David please do please do. Yes it will be a tease but hey' thats what makes the hobby so much fun . Anything would be such a blessing to see. Come on Mike you can do it let the Master, DM show off some of his ideas that would be great just to give some ideas.

Jim:D

[toppack]

I should dig out some photos of that work and tease you all with it
David,

Please Do! :)

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

yes i do agree oh mighty one we don't need a dead horse, maybe a little sick but not dead. please let us know how can gas be able to work with a small torpedo so small as a pen size and still have enough gas presurized into it to even get out of the launching tube will it work? just curious:rolleyes:

jim

Mr. Caswell has been bugging me to take my gas torpedoes (a development of the fine work Mike Dorey started so many years ago) to the 'commercial' stage since we first met. I'll have to do that once I get out from under all this development and production work the slave-master .... er ... Mr. Caswell has heaped upon me.

Use a #90 hole in the nozzle and the torpedo. Even small weapons, of 1/96 scale, with that sized nozzle and the body containing a charge of Propellant evidenced a nominal range of 40 feet! The 1/72 weapons exceeded 60 feet.

The trick is to employ an off-torpedo charging fitting which is integrated into the charging-launching mechanism. There are no valves or other devices aboard the weapon. My torpedoes are hollow cast polyurethane with a nominal wall thickness of 1/16" -- enough volume to achieve the above ranges, and strong enough to resist explosion (not one catastrophic failure to date).

I should dig out some photos of that work and tease you all with it ... Mr. Caswell permitting, of course.

David,

[deepseadiver]

yes i do agree oh mighty one we don't need a dead horse, maybe a little sick but not dead. please let us know how can gas be able to work with a small torpedo so small as a pen size and still have enough gas presurized into it to even get out of the launching tube will it work? just curious:rolleyes:

jim

[toppack]

Not Dead, Just 'a little off 'er Oats' right now. :D

No I didn't see the Articles! Where are they? :confused:
I'm always ready for some Horse-tradin', if I get a Good Deal. :)

I have no idea how to do the rechargable high-pressure valving at that small scale?