Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Framework around the hull.

["Dan H." <JMachine@adelphia.net>]

I was considering a fiberglass panel to enclose the lower aft part of the
K-350 I'm building but decide against it.  To streamline it would be better,
I'm sure.  After thinking about it though, I decided that the water
contained within the shrouded area would be traveling with the sub.  It
would add to the total mass I would have to accelerate and, even worse,
decelerate to stop the sub.   I may do some experimenting once I get it wet.

Dan H.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B Holt" <tlohm@juno.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Framework around the hull.


> On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:49:06 -0600 David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>
> writes:
> >
> >I'm not sure I follow. Do don't mean just a skeletal frame around the
> >whole works -- like a cage -- do you? You're talking about something to
> >attach a whole separate hull to, for looks really.
>
> That's the idea.   The outer hull is just for making the shape less
> bumpy.
>
> >At least this is
> >what I know you or I would be doing with it: this is the part where
> >you get to make it look like a spaceship or a Typhoon Class (or -- gasp
> --
> >the Disney Nautilus...) instead of looking like a
> >functional-but-less-inspiring conglomeration of tanks and pods.
>
> Exactly. but you have to keep in mind that while it would make
> the thing "look better" it would also protect the parts from damage
> as well as clean up the shape.
>
> >Someplace to stand does seem like a very good idea. For some reason, I
> >keep thinking of a flat deck surface with narrowly spaced 1" cedar
> >strips screwed down to it for non-slipperiness.
>
> Non-skid is a huge boat problem.   The best answer I ever heard
> was from a Ross Norgrove book.   He suggested dropping rock salt
> in the wet paint on the deck, and the just washing the deck to
> dissolve the salt.
>
>
>
> Mike H.
>
>
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