Jet powered submarine

[McColm]

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.

[Gondor]

Your talking about the "Red October"

Gondor

[deathjester]

I think there is even a kit of it that came out after the film.

[scooter]

There was, but it was pretty much a stock Typhoon-class SSBN, without any nifty parts or panel lines for the caterpillar drive.

[deathjester]

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. 

[McColm]

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.

[rickshaw]

Ramjets work under water.  The USN looked at using a ramjet powered, submersible flying boat in the 1950s.

[McColm]

Thanks rickshaw