Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Carbon Fiber

[TeslaTony@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/13/00 8:23:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
vulcania@interpac.net writes:

> Hey Tony,
>  
>  Well, you might want to check out Graham Hawke's DEEP FLIGHT submersible.  
I
>  think that was made of carbon fiber or the like.  I haven't read up on that
>  particular boat for quite a while, but I seem to recall him saying it was a
>  question of making the hull in multiple layers (really thick); and I think
>  carbon fiber might require a pressurized autoclave to cure it out properly.
>  Not sure.  Experts?
>  
>  VBR,
>  
>  Pat
>  
I did some research on the DF1 and think that it was some kind of wound 
filament or something, but I don't think it was a woven mat.
Although one thing to think about is that the DF1 can go down about 3000ft 
and cost $1,000,000, quite out of my range (although it might be feasible if 
scaled down to, say, 250ft?).

Anthony