[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: hull material

[Michael B Holt <michaelbholt@juno.com>]

>    What about using recycled plastic formed into a mold for a hull? You
now
>see this stuff formed into planks of plastic wood for park benches and 
>a variety of structural items. It can be inches thick & not have a lot
of
>weight or cost. The give of the material would be proportionate to the
>support it is given. I guess the thought behind this would be to be 
>able to mass produce hulls at a minimal cost.

I'm not sure how strong it would be.

But it's not a new idea.   I think it was George Helle, in an article in
a MTS publication, who suggested a pressure hull made of planks
of fiberglass.   There'd be no internal supports.   He was talking about
an operating depth of 300 feet.




Mike Holt
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