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hi,
in your link, there are some myths to be corrected.
A "normal" S 100-class boat didn't reach a speed of 43.5 knots, and something like 48 knots is just a wild dream - and a physical impossibility.
There were just two boats who attained a speed of 43 knots, S 170 and S 208, which were equipped with a more powerful motor, the MB 518.
greetings, the pb
in your link, there are some myths to be corrected.
A "normal" S 100-class boat didn't reach a speed of 43.5 knots, and something like 48 knots is just a wild dream - and a physical impossibility.
There were just two boats who attained a speed of 43 knots, S 170 and S 208, which were equipped with a more powerful motor, the MB 518.
greetings, the pb
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Re: Schnellboote
I suppose the performance figures for S-boote went much like that with aircraft - depending on weight and conditions. Do you have more details as to what S-boot types achieved what - and at what weight with which engines?Polar bear wrote: ↑06 Dec 2018, 20:32hi,
in your link, there are some myths to be corrected.
A "normal" S 100-class boat didn't reach a speed of 43.5 knots, and something like 48 knots is just a wild dream - and a physical impossibility.
There were just two boats who attained a speed of 43 knots, S 170 and S 208, which were equipped with a more powerful motor, the MB 518.
greetings, the pb
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Re: Schnellboote
hi, Fred,
yes, I have some information, but it's still too "piecemeal"-like to say something definite.
greetings, the pb
yes, I have some information, but it's still too "piecemeal"-like to say something definite.
greetings, the pb
Peace hath her victories no less renowned than War
(John Milton, the poet, in a letter to the Lord General Cromwell, May 1652)
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