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Pump Jet propulsion - that’s what Tom Clancy wrote about in the hunt for red october, isn’t it?


50 posted on 12/31/2012 6:31:12 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Slump Tester; blam
Pump Jet propulsion - that’s what Tom Clancy wrote about in the hunt for red october, isn’t it?

No. I believe they are two totally different concepts. The one in the movie was a large magneto-hydrodynamic pump.

The pump jet technology here is closer to the jet-ski propulsion.

Basically the idea is to have a much smaller propeller surrounded by a radial flow chamber. (I wish I knew what I just said)

Here is an example.


56 posted on 12/31/2012 12:01:56 PM PST by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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