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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] FYI: GRP Pressure Hulls

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] FYI: GRP Pressure Hulls
From: Doc <doc@bionicdolphin.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 02:18:24 -0800
Organization: TARCO Research
References: <000501c2b6eb$dc3dc280$a1c4b23f@oemcomputer>

Not so unique.

Deep Flight is fiberglass / polyester and the 1st Bionic Dolphin was carbon fiber, Kevlar, Spectra and S glass in epoxy
the second BD is Kevlar and E glass in Vinylester. Modified ceramics are the next big step in going really deep
and Jerry Stachiw is the man with the answers (http://www.hydroports.com/) .

For those of you that remember the movie "The Graduate", I have only one word,,,, PLASTICS.

Doc

Steven Mills wrote:

> "The LR submersibles are unique in that they use Glass Reinforced Polyester
> (GRP) for the craft's shell rather than steel"
>
>  http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/08/18/gordon.robertson/

References:
- [PSUBS-MAILIST] FYI: GRP Pressure Hulls
  - From: "Steven Mills" <barycenter@earthlink.net>

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