Yeff
June 10th 04, 08:41 AM
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:56:49 -0400, Vince Brannigan wrote:
> > From time to time someone brings up the photo of a torpedo
> > streaking out of the water after a helicopter -- and discussion ensues.
> > That particular photo is a photoshop product, of course, but torpedos
> > can high jump.
> > I was looking over a seemingly authorative web page chronicling the
> > early history of the torpedo (up to WWI), and at the end it mentions a
> > few "oops" that happened at the Simonstown Naval Base in the early part of
> > the century. One of them was a torpedo experiencing an elevator malfunction
> > at 45 knots and shooting 40 feet into the air. The page says the record has
> > "since been exceeded" but doesn't give details.
>
> I assume you are reporting an urban legend tongue planted firmly in cheek
>
> (in order to get a torpedo to rise vertically it has to first dive to an
> appropriate depth, stabilize itself in a near vertical orientation and
> maintain that orientation while developing maximum vertical velocity.
> simple horizontal velocity won't do it. doesn't sound like an elevator
> malfunction
There's a thread you might want to have a look at in SMN...
--
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
> > From time to time someone brings up the photo of a torpedo
> > streaking out of the water after a helicopter -- and discussion ensues.
> > That particular photo is a photoshop product, of course, but torpedos
> > can high jump.
> > I was looking over a seemingly authorative web page chronicling the
> > early history of the torpedo (up to WWI), and at the end it mentions a
> > few "oops" that happened at the Simonstown Naval Base in the early part of
> > the century. One of them was a torpedo experiencing an elevator malfunction
> > at 45 knots and shooting 40 feet into the air. The page says the record has
> > "since been exceeded" but doesn't give details.
>
> I assume you are reporting an urban legend tongue planted firmly in cheek
>
> (in order to get a torpedo to rise vertically it has to first dive to an
> appropriate depth, stabilize itself in a near vertical orientation and
> maintain that orientation while developing maximum vertical velocity.
> simple horizontal velocity won't do it. doesn't sound like an elevator
> malfunction
There's a thread you might want to have a look at in SMN...
--
-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com