High-speed patrol boat engines, recently modernized in the interests of the South Korean fleet, massively fail.
Earlier this year, there was a breakdown of the cylinder head of the engine of a medium-range Gumdoksuri-B missile boat., having weight 230 tonnes. Shortly thereafter, the problem was discovered on three other boats of this type..
The state arms procurement agency on Thursday said, what flaws, allowed in the design of the power plant, may be a possible cause of damage. Investigators also find out, Could the ingress of sea water and the transportation of excessively heavy loads lead to engine malfunction.
there is a suspicion, that the cause of engine breakdown is the ingress of sea water, but we must confirm the exact cause of the defect after examining the design., To make sure, is it really causing the problem
– declared in the military department of the country.
The boats of the "Gumdoksuri" class have a combined diesel-gas turbine power plant (CODAG). It is represented by two diesel engines and General Electric LM500 marine gas turbines.. The power plants were supplied by the German company Motoren und Turbinen-Union. (MTU) and are designed for about 5600 HP.
earlier, before the imposition of sanctions in 2014 year, this enterprise fulfilled orders of the Russian military shipbuilding. Its power plants were equipped with various types of ships - like boats, and corvettes.
