Re:Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine
by 404mm on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:44PM
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Odd question, how much air were these things leaking? I know there were containers with pressurized air (not only to refill chambers after torpedo was launched or cleared..). But I wonder how air tight submarines actually are.
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Re:Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine
by Balgair on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:05PM
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Torpedo launch systems shouldn't leak any air, at least. Here's a good explanation of a system used on US subs:
Re:Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine
by chiph on Saturday October 31, 2020 @06:09PM
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No air was lost - any pinholes that let air out would also have let water in, because when submerged the water was at a much higher pressure than the interior of the sub. Plus, think of the effect on crew morale!
Re:Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine
by tpmx on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:30PM
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I suspect they have a bilge pump somewhere for the water that's eventually seaping in (causing all of that interior corrosion).
Re:Photos from inside a Typhoon class submarine
by mkuklik on Saturday October 31, 2020 @02:48PM
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They are not that air-tight... see this cat on one of the pictures (https://pics.livejournal.com/igor113/pic/001g7xxp). He was a part of a cat unit used to test submarines for air-tightness. Soviets would lock such unit up on a submarine for a week... if cats are dead, submarine is air-tight. One of the picture survived! Though I heard that cat survivability was close to 100%. Only reported cat fatalities were due to bad food.