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

[Ian Roxborough <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 19:15:51 -0500
"Dan H." <JMachine@adelphia.net> wrote:

> 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.

I wouldn't totally discard the idea of the the idea of the streamline
your K-350.  Without the shroud the submarine will still carry water
with it (this is the "added mass" I would so like to calculate and
model), so it may be carrying the same amount (or more or less) of water
with it anyway.

Look forward hearing about any experimenting you try.

 Ian.

Oh yeah, P.S.: Happy new year to all.

> ----- 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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