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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Hull material
I know, I know, its been done to deth.
My dady always told me to work with what you
know.
Let me run this up the flag pole and see if anyone
salutes.
I have been able to make boats that float, I am
now trying to make one that sinks. This is a new consept to me, so, I am
not shure how much weight it will take to do this. I have seen alot of talk
around the subject but no defanate answers.
Is it more a displacement problem or a weight
problem or both?
My thought is that a fiberglass shell would be to
light, not to mention trying to get it to handle the pressure. I plan on 50' max
so I want to be able to take it to 100' befor the ultamat headake takes
place.
What do you think of a fiberglass outer shell
held together with a pressure treated lumber skeliton. "plaster" the
inside with a rebar reinforced concreet. That would add streingth and
weight all with easaly manipulated materials.
What would be the pros and cons to a design of
that nature?
I am dying to get this off the drawing board and into the back
yard, but untill I am confadant of my design and that the materials chosen, It
will just stay on the drawing board.
Steal is not out of the question, its just to
hard to work with. it doesent bend well and unless you know what you are doing,
the welds can fail. I know wood and fiberglass and it works easaly.
and it doesent rust.
Rob