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  • Slats
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    Originally posted by Tutor
    the problem is getting an electric to work in 1/72 scale,and getting some run time

    Mark
    gas is simpler and more scale.

    J

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  • Slats
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    Originally posted by deepseadiver
    :)I like this system but those torpedoes are a little to big for my gato submarine .

    Jim

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHrO...eature=related
    How big is the gato? The ones on offer from David will be no doubt 1/72 and or 1/96 in size. In fact if I recall his earlier work correctly on this development where the 1/96 scale shot had better run time than the 1/72.

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  • deepseadiver
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    Hi everyone.

    yes i think seeing a gas stream following out behind the torpedo, looks so awesome to see it trailing along the surface. Plus video, tapping it would be seen very well. Go gas, but i do like the electric motor, method just can not see it as well.

    jim
    Last edited by deepseadiver; 02-09-2009, 04:09 PM.

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  • Tutor
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    the problem is getting an electric to work in 1/72 scale,and getting some run time

    Mark

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  • deepseadiver
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    :)I like this system but those torpedoes are a little to big for my gato submarine .

    Jim

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  • junglelord
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    No I live in Cornwall Ontario.
    I worked for a company called C-Tech.
    They had a contract with the Canadian Military.
    I was the person doing that work.
    :p

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by junglelord
    I tested many MK-14 for military use...without me there was no tuned and matched MK-14!
    :p

    You from Road Island?

    David,

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  • toppack
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    And there's certainly No way I could fill all 11 tubes, in the T-class, with launchable electrics, but I suppose it would be possible with gas launchers?

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  • toppack
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    Originally posted by Merriman
    Electric is certainly easier to achieve (as a torpedo). But the problem is 'visibility'. I want a wake from my weapons.David,
    Yes, I can see that gas will make a more spectacular and interesting launch, that's for sure. :eek:

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  • junglelord
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    I tested many MK-14 for military use...without me there was no tuned and matched MK-14!
    :p

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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    Originally posted by toppack
    No gasious expulsions for me. I still want to 'invent a new mouse-trap' and go Electric power. I think I can make a system that is KISS and Reliable. :cool:
    Electric is certainly easier to achieve (as a torpedo). But the problem is 'visibility'. I want a wake from my weapons.

    Reactive chemistry is fine, but its the problem of keeping the constituents apart until ready for use as well as how to efficiently meeter them out in a sustained, predictable fashion within a gas generator. Remember the KURSK?

    I had to deal with Navol (high-test hydrogen peroxide) powered weapons, the MK-16 torpedo. A pain in the ass, and a constant source of expended man-hours to maintain and monitor. Loved the MK-14: dumb, simple, reliable, and other than keeping the air-flask banged up, very low maintenance.

    David,

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  • toppack
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    Originally posted by Tutor
    all well and good but what about the torp's, has any one used hydrogen peroxide and aluminum oxide as a propellant?

    Tutor
    No gasious expulsions for me. I still want to 'invent a new mouse-trap' and go Electric power. I think I can make a system that is KISS and Reliable. :cool:

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  • Tutor
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    Originally posted by Rogue Sub
    you guys just made me fall asleep
    all well and good but what about the torp's, has any one used hydrogen peroxide and aluminum oxide as a propellant?

    Tutor

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  • Nuke Power
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    you guys just made me fall asleep

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  • Kazzer
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    David

    Have you had your raw meat yet today?

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