Monday, August 30, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Retrofiting a classic

 

Many submarines are Diesel Electric unless they are nukes. Ya know run silent run deep....

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM, sirdarnell <sirdarnell@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

I keep seeing this. The military has been using diesel generators with electric engines since the 1930s (maybe earlier) to get more range. So it must be work. Not to mention trains, cruise ships, Ice breakers, freighters, etc.



--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Michaels <nov32394@...> wrote:
>
> Unless you are going to supplement the generator with solar and wind or shore power I think you will get less range than by just using a diesel engine.
>
> Dan


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