Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] pressure compensating ambient

[Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:46:37 +0200 "Thijs Struijs"  writes:
>
>  The idea however of a internaly
>pressurised sub it interesting. You could make a strong balloon or 
>blimb, climb into it and put pressure on it. After a dive just fold it a
put 
>it in the back your car. A completely new concept.

In about 1963, there was a comic book submarine that used some
of this idea.   The basic sub -- the power plant and all the parts that
must be dry -- was in a small pressure hull.    The Albacore hull
shape was provided by a flexible envelope.



Mike H.


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