Supercavitation

A supercavitating foil

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• physical
• science
• mechanics
• supercavitation
• cavitation
• foil

[Yottskry]

@Russia2010 the only things you can steal from russia are beards and vodka

[SouthNJPC]

@Russia2010 Go get drunk

[worse01]

@brucebu It is the demonstration of this torpedo to the China put the world to the brink of WWIII in 1999 whereby KURSK , one the best submarine in the North Fleet was drowned. A point note is this Shkval was developed during the Soviet era in 1970's and its moving 10 x times faster than the torpedoes which western world had at that time. Always Russians lead is Physics and Chemistry , Not an ayota of doubt in my mind.

[Russia2010]

Supercavitation Technology, like Stealth technology are BOTH russian Employing. they both were stolen by the yanks from USSR / Russia.

FUCK U AMERICUNTS!

[brucebu]

I did a little research.. Look at the Russian Shkval torpedo in wikipedia. You'll find it's real and in the field. It caught the attention of it's western counterparts which is why the US is developing it's own system. Its said to have no effective counter measures. It can be used defensively as a sudden response to enemy torpedo fire thus causing the enemy sub to try and evade which might cut the old torpedo's guidance wire

insane that an underwater torpedo can be like a missile in the air!

[TSR1989FF]

So much for U.S. Populated Myph's of Russian Tecnological Inferiority,

(As I had Long Surmised were False & was Proved right when i first saw Anotoli Bapkin's [The Inventor of the VA-111 Shkval] Masterpeice in Mid 2009)

When you look into it the Russian's were behind many of the Greatest Inovation's of the Modern Age & Truly Deserve Their share of the Credit,

(Not as MANY as the British but a considerable Number it has to be said).

I Look forward to when the Royal Navy has this Weapon.

[carolnikkiperry]

what is the link between hydrofoils and supercavitation:

a)disfinformation

b)ingnorance

c) all this answer

d)the answer c)

[unambitious]

@Mendelevium146 It was achieved in this vid and it says that russian torpedo utilized it. In fact, underwater rocket propulsion would probably only be viable with supercavitation... that's how the russian Shkval works so you've got it right for the most part.

[Mendelevium146]

@Mendelevium146 Sometimes I wish I knew every secret military technology that exist on this planet, I'm sure it would be pretty fascinating...

[Mendelevium146]

@unambitious Yea that is all very intriguing stuff, but my point is I'm really skeptical whether supercavitation was ever achieved. I mean, a rocket boosted torpedo, which would be like a missile that you use underwater, would go pretty damn fast without requiring supercavitation. So my guess is that this whole thing doesn't have to do with supercavitation but with rocket propulsion used underwater, but I could be wrong...