Torpedo launch demo

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Torpedo launch demo

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Building a working submarine is one thing...but adding torpedo launching. Amazing !

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What powers the torpedo? It has a good turn of speed.
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:O Well, shiver my timbers, mates! While I was jesting about the other sub needing a torpedo launcher to be Utopian, along comes another model with just that capability 8O . That's also one impressive launch mechanism, and speedy motor in the torpedo itself (a small servo, presumably). I'm guessing that the torpedo tube has some sort of waterproof solenoid, with a retractable pin that holds the torpedo in place. :think:
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This company sells model torpedo kits:
http://www.rcsubs.co.uk/operational-torpedoes
Model torpedo kit at the site above
Model torpedo kit at the site above
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£170 for the kit. Looks like compressed gas of some sort. No explosive though!
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