Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Unconventional UW Propulsion YIKES!

["Adam Parker" <park_e_r@hiwaay.net>]

Hi,

I almost feel audacious making a comment on this thread as I have neither
built or even attempted building a PSUB. However, I have been involved in
several "homebuilt" hobbies and subscribed to even more home building mail
lists. There appear to be two basic types of members on these lists
(especially when science is involved), these types are:


The Builder-

The builder is a "get it done quickly, easily, and safely" kind of guy. He s
interested in using present technology and information to build the sub
which best suits his desires. While he may be willing to try new
combinations of building methods/apparatus, he is usually not interested in
revolutionizing the art. He just wants to be in the water with the sub he
likes.


The Experimenter-

A very different ideology. Experimenters are people who aspire to apply new
techniques to the art of PSUB'ing. They may be former "builders" who have
become more interested in the underlying physical concepts of submarines and
begin building experimental subs, or  they may simply muse their ideas on
paper. Nonetheless, experimenters will be willing to go out of their way to
try new (and sometimes orthodox /"unsafe") methods for sub building and
operation. Will the sub of an experimenter may take longer to build, be more
difficult to operate, and perform less; the experimenter still gets his
edification because he is getting to apply his novel idea.

Now, when these two types of builders meet their can often be some heated
debate to follow simply because of different forms of thinking. After all,
if someone asks, "How do I retrofit my sub w/ plasma burning dual intake
surface engines?" they don't want to hear a response of, "Why would you want
to?"

I hope I haven't stepped on anyone's toes here, and mayb (just maybe) this
can shed a bit of light on these arguments where "the other guy just doesn't
get it."

73's,

Adam