Re: GUNS was Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUB Fatalities...ViewPorts...Shatterproof

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Doug:
I agree guns is a dead horse issue.
About viewports though, my favorite protection design is the design used on
the Nekton and in particular the Delta.  This sub has a superb safety record
with over 5000 or so dives.  The shape also lends itself well to being
towed. Simple, robust, and straight forward.
TTYL,
Big Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: DSmith4038@aol.com <DSmith4038@aol.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: GUNS was Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PSUB
Fatalities...ViewPorts...Shatterproof


>                       I think the use of guns is a cultural issue.  Like
>religion & politics it has no place in our discussion group on PSUB's.  As
>individuals we are who we are and we are all different. Except for one
thing.
>Our interest in PSUB's. I was just trying to make a point that view ports
>should maybe be collision proof.  "Bullet proof" might have been a bad
>descriptive to use.  Let's call the gun issue a dead horse.
>                       I was watching a TV documentary yesterday on ship
>wreck dive in Lake Erie. The wreck they were diving had lengths of steel
>railway tracking strewn all over. Apparently RR tracking was a common ships
>cargo in the 1800's and usually kept topside.  Colliding a PSUB into a
>jutting track or timber while viewing this wreck would have been a real
>concern.
>                      Now how can this concern be adressed by design ??
>Regards Doug
>