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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: sub
I never really thought of it that way I knew there was probably a way. I
still think it would be very difficult to balance the weight and very hard
to push this thing around another things is what is the sediment and rocks
on the bottom going to do to the hull. It would be very easy to get stuck
against a rock and not be able to roll and as for view ports they would have
top be strong enough to be banged and stepped on without breaking they would
probably need to be replaced every few dives for safety reasons.
Matt Cadieux
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Clayman" <lew_clayman@yahoo.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: sub
> Hey Sarah! Come back and join the fun!
>
> Matt -
>
> I was merely commenting on the "facetted ball" approach, but your point is
well taken.
>
> What if there were a double hull, exterior hull smooth on the outside,
interior hull smooth on the
> inside. Or maybe not smooth, but textured for traction. Anyway, all gear
placed between the
> hulls, of course it would be tough to balance the weights so it rolls
smoothly. Controls,
> drop-weights, whatever else needs to be accessible from one side or the
other could be nested in
> indentations. View ports variously around the sphere.
>
> This is equally viable for the disk-with-training-wheels thing, too, I
think. Although by
> "equally" I do not exclude the possibility that both are nonsense; just
equally so.
>
> Wow, drop weights. They'll be on top, half of the time. Best have at
least two hatches too, in
> case one is stuck in the silt on the bottom.
>
> -Lew
>
> --- Matt Cadieux <compkid15@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Maybe I am thinking about this wrong but in my mind a round sub that
you
> > would roll around in would not work. It would have to be perfectly
round on
> > the outside sice any gear on the outside wou ld ruin the perfict ball
and
> > get caught on things or smashed. which means that all equipment/gear
would
> > have to be on the inside, but the same principles apply to the inside,
the
> > inside would have to be perfectly round to so you could walk around, so
any
> > gear on the outside would be rolling around on, and any gear on the
inside
> > you would be tripping over. There is probably away around this but I
can't
> > see it. The way I am picturing it I took a hamsters ball. Imagined
being
> > inside and running around. (Was a scary though) If you add anything to
the
> > outside the ball is no longer round and anything on the inside you would
> > have to run and jump over and that would be difficult. The only way I
can
> > see to solve the problem was if all the gear is suspended so you would
have
> > the ball with a metal axel through it and everything would be on that.
This
> > way when the ball rolled everything would say right side up. Probably
with
> > this is that you could only go one direction. To me can't see how it
would
> > work, But don't let me stop you from trying there is probably a way to
do it
> > that I'm not thinking about. Another thing i just thought of is that
> > everything would have to be dirctly in the center if any weight was near
the
> > outside then the ball would automatically roll so that the heavyest
weight
> > is on the ground. That means that you have to be able to lift this
weight.
> > Now your talking rolling the ball around plus lifting the weight then
when
> > it came down you would get a burst of speed that if you weren't read for
> > would trip you up. To me if you can get by everything i said then
great,
> > and i hope you can But just remember your gonna need alot of leg work.
> >
> > Matt Cadieux
>
>
>
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