Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Underwater Drag Racing...

[Chris Nugent <dirkpitt77@yahoo.com>]

     Hey, I'm all for it!  Think we'd get a few raised
eyebrows tryin' to get the NHRA to sponsor us?  LOL

--- Captain Nemo <vulcania@interpac.net> wrote:
> All, 
> 
> The idea I presented to Chris Nugent in the thread
> entitled Shadetree Sub Builders was offered there as
> a jest; but it's something I've thought seriously
> about since the 80's; UNDERWATER DRAG RACING.
> 
> It could be done at, say, depths of less than 33
> feet.  Classes could include "closed circuit" and
> "tank aspirated / open circuit" exhaust systems. 
> Propulsion?  Hell!  Run what you brung!  Unlimited!
> 
> We could mark off a quarter mile with boats; run
> from a standing start; go flat out for ET's. 
> Probably need some rigid "drag chute" device to pop
> out of the hull at the end of the run to keep us
> from ending up in Tahiti. 
> 
> Whataya think the World speed record for minisubs
> is?
> 
> I've got two streamlined hulls that were earmarked
> for other projects; I'd be willing to convert one to
> this purpose.  I've got two Chevy 350's downstairs
> growing rust; and if the competition gets tough, I
> could always pull the 454 out of my 'Vette.
> Turning a radical prop or a Berkley Jet Pump, that
> sucker would haul balls!  Talk about instant
> pucker-factor!  Your buns would be pluckin' lint
> from the inside of your baggies, for sure!
> 
> Now THIS is what I call a RUSH; and we could do it. 
> 
> 
> Comments?  Well-intended cautions (which I'll
> probably ignore anyway)?  Remarks about my sanity? 
> All are welcomed.
> 
> Whatya think?
> 
> (Seriously, folks...)
> 
> Pat Regan
> vulcania@interpac.net
> 
> 

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