Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] What's goin' down?

[TeslaTony@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/25/00 12:08:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
vulcania@interpac.net writes:

> Anthony,
>  
>  As a PS to my reply to your latest post, let me qualify that:  model
>  submarines won't teach one everything he needs to know about how real
>  submarine systems work; but there are some things relative to real sub
>  operation one can learn from functional models.
>  
>  Building and flying R/C airplanes won't teach one how to build or pilot an
>  actual airplane, either; but there are similarities between both that can
>  aid in the learning process, as long as one recognizes the differences, 
too.
>  The same is true with submarines, but only to that same limited degree.
>  
>  VBR,
>  
>  Pat
>  
I was originally thinking that this model ROV would be no good for a real 
PSub that I could ride, but with quite a few modifications (size and a bigger 
pricetag mainly) this could be pretty cool to build, own and operate, and 
rather safe too.

Anthony