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Old 08-24-09, 08:44 AM   #6
Rockin Robbins
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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS) View Post
Sea pressure. Part of the noisiness of cavitation is the collapse of the bubbles generated by sea pressure. It's the collapse of those bubbles that causes the damage to the screw. In a boiling pot of water the bubbles reach the surface where they burst into the air.
OK! That makes perfect sense, and it explains why the damage is to the high pressure area of the screw. Great post.

Vickers: did that cavitation effect ever get finished and released as a mod? Can you post it in the Subsim downloads area if it did?

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