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Originally Posted by Bunkerbarge Of course the downside of having the prop in all that lovely uninterupted water flow is that the rudders are nowhere near the wash. Hence the two rudders to try to compensate for this.
Compare this with a U-Boat where both rudders and both aft planes are directly in the prop wash making them very effective. I was actually very surprised at how well my Revel U-Boat steers with no modifications to any of the control surfaces.
It will be interesting to see how well this boat manoeuvres. |
I'm not sure of the theory behind this but the tightest turning sub sub I have seen anywhere is my 1/96 scale Bluback. Its about 28" LOA and can turn around inside 4" underwater (and those verical surfaces on the end of the rear planes actually slow down the turn) I have never seen a U Boat get anywhere near than ratio underwater. Maybe the props behind the rudder in Uboats are optimised for surface running?
