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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Turtle
At 0849 -0600 02/10/0, Michael B Holt wrote:
>I don't think you should. [build it] I've been messing around with the numbers.
>....First of all, the real Turtle displaced, not counting the conning tower,
>only a little bit less than 12,000 pounds. Yes, 6 TONS. Second, the
>center
>of buouyance was about half-way up the hull; the pilot is seated ABOVE
>the center of buouyancy. So there needs to be a hell of a lot of weight
>below him.
Wow, I'm surprised. All the crude little sketches I've seen of it since I was a kid gave me the impression it was fairly tiny. Musta been a lot of lead in that thing. Did these people who built the replica, actually take it out under water?
>On the other hand, if you want to do a replica, let's talk about the
>Hunley or the Argonaut Jr. I'm working on getting the plans to both.
If we build the Hunley, do we have to die?
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David
Osage MN USA
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