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fredtheobviouspseudonym · 09-15-2014, 04:54 PM

For a real case see The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy: A Design and Construction History, John Alden, 1979. It took the USN about 25 years to produce a good, powerful, reliable diesel engine for submarines -- even when they had examples of German diesels quite good for their time.

They managed it by getting the railroads to fund much of the development -- hence the rapid disappearance of steam engines and their replacement by diesel electrics postwar in the USA.

A brilliant administrative/social maneuver compensating for poor government funding.

09-15-2014, 04:54 PM	#35
fredtheobviouspseudonym Join Date: May 2007	Re: Realistic Invention Rule For a real case see The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy: A Design and Construction History, John Alden, 1979. It took the USN about 25 years to produce a good, powerful, reliable diesel engine for submarines -- even when they had examples of German diesels quite good for their time. They managed it by getting the railroads to fund much of the development -- hence the rapid disappearance of steam engines and their replacement by diesel electrics postwar in the USA. A brilliant administrative/social maneuver compensating for poor government funding. Last edited by fredtheobviouspseudonym; 09-15-2014 at 05:03 PM.