Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Carbon Fiber

[TeslaTony@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/15/00 7:35:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
wacarson@interchange.ubc.ca writes:

> 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
>  
Yes, wings are how DF1, Wet Flight 1 and Deep Flight Aviator work, maybe 
others too.

I've also been considering using turbofans for propulsion/"flying"/hovering, 
although a combination wings/ballast system (ballast for hovering, wings for 
"flying") would also be good, but if I have ballast on the sub then I would 
make absolutely sure that the dropweights work!
 The advantage of using Turbofans is that if you have 6 fans and one gets 
fried, you just kill one fan and use the other four, or just kill all six and 
float back to the surface where the pit crew can fix the broken fan.

As for the power consumption problem....I tend to overpower everything I 
design, and I can probably figure out something.

Anthony