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   From: vaughnsimon@gmail.invalid   
      
   "harry k"  wrote in message   
   news:0f0752fa-c456-4fb6-9c5d-7b0461a60e98@h4g2000yqk.googlegroups.com...   
   >Cite?  Remember you are claiming it "powers" them.  Where used they   
   >are _auxilliary plants for electrical power_ not propulsion per   
   >google.   
      
   While I am not one to defend "News" or the AirCar, but as an ex-submariner I   
   can't take your point here.  My submarine had a heat engine-driven plant that   
   provided both propulsive and electrical "power".  Just to confuse things, even   
   though the sub was normally propelled by steam turbines, we had two ways to   
   propel ourselves via electrical "power" from any of three different sources   
   (Turbo-generators, aux diesel, or battery).   
      
   I don't know anything about the European AIP submarines, but non-nuclear   
   submarines typically are driven only by electrical motors.  There is no direct   
   connection between the shaft and the engine.  Therefore, the electrical system   
   is part of the propulsion system.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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