Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: royf@roxanne.StPaul.GOV (Roy Forsstrom) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Iowa Manueverability Message-ID: <6411@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 10 May 89 01:24:37 GMT References: <6348@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: St. Paul Public Works, Computer Services, St. Paul, MN 55102 Lines: 23 Approved: military@att.att.com From: royf@roxanne.StPaul.GOV (Roy Forsstrom) In article <6348@cbnews.ATT.COM> jrll@Portia.stanford.edu (john ralls) writes: > > >From: john ralls 1 >multiple shafts are: 1) more power - and you'd have less if you drove >two shafts off one engine; 2)redundancy - shafts seldom fail, engines Each shaft/propellor combination is rated at a certain horsepower. Two shafts with two engines can give you more power with less draft than with one large prop. Nuclear-powered ships, at 10,000 tons, draw over 30 feet as it is. =============================================================================== Roy Forsstrom uucp: pwcs!royf Public Works Computer Services internet: royf@pwcs.StPaul.GOV 25 W. 4th Street rboc: 612-298-5569 St. Paul, MN 56102 ===============================================================================