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Old 05-09-2015, 10:00 AM   #11
sunchaser
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Originally Posted by FF View Post
The pod drive is driven 99% by the ease of low skill labor to stick them in the hole.
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.
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