Rhombic Drive

Kinja'd!!! "Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
10/28/2014 at 15:30 • Filed to: None

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Why don't they just get it over with and call it a D&B Drive? Because it looks like dick and balls. Came across this when learning about the Stirling engine used in the Swedish sub equipped with Air Independent Propulsion.

So all kidding aside, these AIP subs, is it the Stirling engine that propels them in silent mode? Didn't quite get that clear in the Foxtrot Alpha article.

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DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/28/2014 at 16:18

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Silent subs you say?

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Kinja'd!!! tromoly > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/28/2014 at 20:19

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Does that engine actually work? Something about having a sliding shaft through the lower piston doesn't sound like it'll hold compression worth a crap.


Kinja'd!!! Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > tromoly
10/29/2014 at 08:22

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I have no idea, I need to see an animation.


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12/07/2016 at 11:44

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True engine porn:

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