Mythbusters tried this at full scale with a very large HPA cylinder - it was a roaring failure, moving the boat a few meters from memory, and draining the cylinder in seconds.
On Feb 21, 11:59 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just thought of a compactish propulsion system for water. May not > work. Largest single part would be a gas cylinder. Have a gas cylinder > and put some kind of split nozzle on it for 2 outputs. Place a > remotely controlled valve on each output and onto those have 2 pipes/ > hoses running down into the water under the vehicle. Put a one way > valve on each hose to prevent water entering the hose. Hopefully what > should happen is when the vehicle is in the water release air out of > the pipes to generate propulsion in the water. Problems: Limited > by size of gas cylinder, Must be able to carry the extra cylinder, > Vehicle will limit max size of cylinder anyway and System may not be > able to give enough force to move the vehicle anyway. > > On Feb 20, 9:58 pm, "Sgt.A.Johnson" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought it was just a nice shape to allow me to have something small > > but very functional. If I can I may be able to do the full amphibious > > stuff aswell. I reckon the hardest thing with that would be propulsion > > though. > > > On Feb 20, 9:55 pm, Chris Malton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That would be a perfect complement to my Challenger 2. > > > > Go for it! > > > > Chris > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > After ages of searching the web I have finally found a small vehicle > > > > that I may be able to build. I wanted to do a quadbike but couldn't > > > > find one that is officially in service with any military but I did > > > > find this: http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/engineering/1502.aspx --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
