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Re: Torpedo running data
Posted by: J.T. McDaniel ()
Date: August 31, 2007 01:43AM

For the most part, the forward motion of the torpedo as it was expelled from the tube operated the starter switch. For an electric torpedo this was a simple electrical switch. For wet heater torpedoes, the process was a little more complicated, involving opening air and fuel valves, firing a starter charge, and so on, but ultimately it was still a mechanical switch being tripped after the torpedo started out of the tube.

J.T. McDaniel

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Torpedo running data Iain Wyllie 04/09/2004 11:36AM
Re: Torpedo running data ROBERT M. 04/09/2004 08:24PM
Re: Torpedo running data Iain Wyllie 04/10/2004 05:02AM
Re: Torpedo running data ROBERT M. 04/10/2004 11:55PM
Re: Torpedo running data Iain Wyllie 04/11/2004 06:06AM
Re: Torpedo running data john 08/06/2007 05:04PM
Re: Torpedo running data J.T. McDaniel 08/31/2007 01:43AM


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