Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Carbon Fiber

[TeslaTony@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/14/00 9:11:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, SFreihof@aol.com 
writes:

> There is a drawback to this method (streamlined shell) as I'm sure you 
know. 
>  
>  The mass of water enclosed between the shell and the p-hull  effectively 
>  increases the mass of the sub, making it harder to accelerate, decelerate, 
> or 
>  turn.  This may (at least partially) offset the benefit of streamlining.
>  
>  Stan
>  
Actually it's not such a bad idea, if you pressurize the second hull with a 
gas like Argon or Nitrogen you should be OK in the kinetic energy department, 
you could even use the entire second hull as a dropweight.

Anthony