China team takes on tech challenge of supercavitation - 1 views
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Thijs Versloot on 27 Aug 14"A Soviet supercavitation torpedo called Shkval was able to reach a speed of 370km/h or more - much faster than any other conventional torpedoes," he said. However, The SCMP highlighted two problems in supercavitation technology. First, the submerged vessel needed to be launched at high speeds, approaching 100km/h, to generate and maintain the air bubble. Secondly, it is difficult if not impossible to steer the vessel using conventional mechanisms, which are inside the bubble, without direct contact with water. As a result, its application has been limited to unmanned vessels, fired in a straight line. -
Paul N on 27 Aug 14can't you just selectively inject the gas so that you control in which direction the bubble forms?