Hello,
Now I know this idea has been kicked around by the US Navy and Russian Navies, study groups formed and millions of $'s spent, all coming up with the same conclusion, it can't be done. On the smaller subs and drones a similar system to a water/jet ski has been sucessful.
Stealth is the key to a submarine, noise gives away there presents, tiles fall off the hull and how would you slow the vessel down?
Chutes would be deployed to slow the sub down, a very large skin be applied to the outer surfaces (similar to giant a condom) sprayed with stealth paint, the jet engines would run on the two sides of the sub-water pumped in via intakes and blown out as the water cools down. Carbon materials would be used to prevent corrosion.
So I just need to need a suitable donor to doctor. :banghead:
Your talking about the "Red October"
Gondor
I think there is even a kit of it that came out after the film.
There was, but it was pretty much a stock Typhoon-class SSBN, without any nifty parts or panel lines for the caterpillar drive.
IIRC, there wasn't much to see externally, aside from the doors. However, Red October was supposed to be both longer, and wider, than a standard Typhoon.
Hi,
I was trying to get away from the Typhoon idea, may be put them at the rear like the or come up with a hybird design.
Ramjets work under water. The USN looked at using a ramjet powered, submersible flying boat in the 1950s.
Thanks rickshaw :thumbsup: