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Originally Posted by FF
The pod drive is driven 99% by the ease of low skill labor to stick them in the hole.
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You've lost me FF. IPS, Zeus and clones seem quite the reverse with considerable engineering, electronic and install skills used for the past 8 years or so. Space savings with IPS is dramatic let alone joy stick docking. And, as BB mentions fuel savings to boot.
I have looked at identical vessels with conventional shafts and with IPS. The gained space and better weight placement seems a real plus.