I was in a museum a few weeks ago and saw a WWII torpedo that had a small 100-200 CC 4 cylinder radial 4 stroke gas motor complete with a compressed air tank for running under water. (Its in Halifax NS  if anyone is interested) It is a credit to the guy
who created it.

w..


William Chops Westfield wrote:

> On Nov 19, 2004, at 6:48 AM, M. Adam Davis wrote:
>
> > (close to a dollar per mile).  Still about 10 times worse than gas
> > prices
> > in the US assuming $2/gallon and 20mpg.
>
> I didn't think boats got anywhere near 20mpg...  Lots more drag than
> cars,
> and a less efficient propulsion scheme than wheels...  (of course, this
> is
> just a "probe" sort of thing, so it might do better.  But I dunno if
> they
> can even DO gasoline motors for that sort of craft...)
>
> BillW
>
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