> >However, I think that large size steppers could be promoted to submarine >thrusters. They have the necessary parts in them and the stator could be >potted. They could be oil filled as above or open to the sea. The rotors are also smooth, so they wouldn't suffer as much from the oil drag. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics