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[PSUBS-MAILIST] New potential sinker
Bob,
Your design looks good. With the conus-hemisherical
pressurehull in a faceted outer hull it makes me think of a Gemini
space capsule in a stealth bomber. As far as i know companies that
manufacture end caps also make cones. This makes the pressure hull in principle
very simpel. Making the viewports and the hatch may be a little more
complicated.
I ony wonder why you use foam. Home build
submersibles usually have pressurehulls that are light enough to
float. For every ltr. foam you need almost a kilogram of lead as
compensation. As far as i know foam is normaly used in very deep divings
subs with heavy, sinking hulls. Foam is also used to
balance a sub when for instance the batteries are placed behind the
pressurehull. You need to add some foam in order to keep the sub level. Would it
not be easier to make a plywood female mould and make a grp fairing. The
faceted shape makes making the mould not to compliceted.
Greetings,
Thijs
Struijs