1916 Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 Torpedo Working Principle 3D Animation
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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The Bliss-Leavitt Mark 7 torpedo was the first of Leavitt’s turbine-driven torpedoes to use the ‘wet heater’ design where water was sprayed into an external combustion chamber (burner) where a fuel (alcohol) was burning in the airstream. Heating the air from the pressure vessel gave significant improvement to a torpedo’s performance. source/image(PrtSc): vbbsmyt The very hot gasses could, however...
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