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To: Doohickey

Gas turbines aren't big enough for that size ship, so you would have to clutch more than one per shaft.


65 posted on 04/15/2005 5:20:38 AM PDT by SampleMan ("Yes I am drunk, very drunk. But you madam are ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober." WSC)
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To: SampleMan; Doohickey
Gas turbines aren't big enough for that size ship, so you would have to clutch more than one per shaft.

Actually 2 turbine/shaft is fairly normal. The only reason to have 1/shaft is to allow twin prop redundency in smaller ships.

As for power the LM2500 can now put out 30,000 HP, with growth potential to 40K. Two of them coupled would supply as much power as you can put down a single shaft. An Iowa is going to need 4 shafts whatever the power source.

176 posted on 04/15/2005 8:32:36 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Laws are for the guidence of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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