Posted by scott pennington on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Skydiver-Sky-1-launch-tp1491779p1491792.html

Our US Navy actually once studied the feasability of the possiblilty
of launching jets from a submarine. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
fans asked if they got the idea from the show (the flying sub) which
the Navy of course denied, they had in fact but thinking about the
idea before it was even in Voyage.


> Dave wrote: "Neat observation, but not the same thing. Polaris
missiles are
> protected inside the submarine until launched, and then their
silo's are
> only flooded when launched near the surface. Sky 1 is constantly
hauled
> about on the nose at great depths...everywhere that submarine goes.
Weight
> is the God of aerospace design, and to make a plane capable of
withstanding
> those pressures and the corrosion of constant salt water immersion
is
> impractical. It requires a heavy pressure hull to keep the thing
from
> collapsing at depth.It sure does look cool though!"
>
> Not only that, but the missles are never retrieved. They go out,
find their
> target and explode, right? Sky 1 not only has to find its target,
but shoot
> it down AND return to hook back up with the remainder of the
Skydiver sub.
> What happens to the sub while Sky 1 is out looking for UFOs? How do
they
> reconnect? I've seen snippets showing the sub pointing its nose
> surface-ward, to release Sky 1, but I cannot figure out the reverse
order -
> Sky 1 cannot 'back itself up" to re-connect with Skydiver sub.
>
> Pam