RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Carbon Fiber

["Wade Carson" <wacarson@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Ah, I see.  So you are planning on building a sub that is always slightly
positive and uses "wings" to stay below?  Isn't that how the Deep Flight
worked?  That kind of limits the applications that you could use your sub
for doesn't it?  You could never stop and hover over something or your wings
wouldn't work anymore and you'd rise to the surface, or you could put
vertical thrusters on to compensate but then you'd burn up extra energy.
How is your design going to work Tony?

Wade

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In a message dated 8/14/00 7:06:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
wacarson@interchange.ubc.ca writes:

> Tony,
>  You would still need to add enough weight to sink the argon would you
not?
>  And would that weight not be equal to the weight of the water the second
>  hull was displacing?
>
>  Wade
>
I'm not 100% sure, but you probably are right, to a certain point.

All subs except a select few act more like blimps or hot air balloons by
changing their buoyancy to go up and down than they do airplanes, which use
wings to generate lift.

Now (check my reasoning here) if your sub displaced 1,000 pounds of water,
and your wings generated 1,000 pounds of "lift" you wouldn't need to add
extra weight in order for you to sink, unless you somehow make the sub
lighter.

Anthony