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

["samdatl" <samdatl@avana.net>]

HMM. wonder which i am????
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Parker" <park_e_r@hiwaay.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Unconventional UW Propulsion YIKES!


> 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
>
>
>