Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Discussion

[emm03@mirapoint.uow.edu.au]

Sounds scary...I suggest you test this hull to a few times 
operating depth before you get inside it...........just to 
make sure you have it right..
EM.



---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:24:52 EST
>From: BauWauHausDesign@aol.com  
>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the 
Personal_Submersibles_Discussion  
>To: Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org
>
>   hello all,
>
>   i am a designer and enthusiast. i grew up with my
>   father re-building airplanes in our patio and have
>   dreamed of underwater exploration.
>
>   my question is this. i have come up with a design
>   which eliminates the essential problem of water
>   pressure and implosion. a simple fiberglass hull of
>   3/4" fiberglass is all to safely dive to a thousand
>   feet or more. it also means weight is a fraction of
>   current designs and speeds of around 30 knots. my
>   question is where do i go now? i am more designer
>   than engineer, good with form, but not tolerances. i
>   also know my work will lead to patents because my
>   design takes a completely different approach to
>   conventional design theory, so this is also a
>   concern.
>
>   so anyone got any ideas?
>
>   thanks alot,
>
>   jeffrey