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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Disc ussion
Hey, Doc. I'm not bad-mouthing composites. My dad and I designed
a hull structure that used a composite "sandwhich" that would be
safer and cheaper then steel hulls. But you can't suddenly state
that your hull will be large and .75" thick. .75"? How so? I guess
what I'm saying is that I am open to the wildest, but I want a sound
logical explaination. By the way, I didn't know till recently that
you had anything to do with bionic dolphins...Where can I find more
on these bad-boys?
Warren.
> OK guys, I guess I should say a few words in support of composite submersibles.
> The Bionic Dolphin although designed for shallow dives of 30m or so, makes use
> of advanced matrix composites, i.e.. Carbon, Kevlar, Spectra and S-glass in an
> aircraft grade epoxy with a double hulled syntactic "sandwich" structure,,,,
> VERY STRONG, VERY light and best of all to me,,, VERY FAST.
> Deep Flight is wound E-glass in isothalic polyester and about 5 cm thick, again,,,,
> VERY STRONG and capable of great depths.
> They have not been around long enough for extensive cycling analysis and I don't know
> about Graham, but lab cycling and destructive testing is way out of my budget, so until
> I run into daddy bigbucks I will continue to bet my ass that the technology is sound and
> continuing to advance.
>
> Composite subs will become more and more common as people begin to understand
> their inherent physical advantages, and I strongly believe the "Flyers" and dynamic
> "Helosubs" will also be showing up more and more around the world.
>
> OK, there's 2 cents worth from the lunatic fringe.
>
> "For beneath the surface,,, flies the future"
>
> Doc
>
>
>
> Pierre Poulin wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I say, let's keep an open mind here. I'm curious about any new idea. And it
> > wasn't very long ago that I heard about nuclear psubs...
> >
> > I want to hear your idea! And then, we could all give constructive comments
> > on it and maybe improve it?
> >
> > Pierre
> >
> > >From: Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>
> > >Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > >Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the
> > >Personal_Submersibles_Discussion
> > >Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:19:37 -0700
> > >
> > >And as it gets smaller the more pressure is inside. I don't think that
> > >rubber is *as* strong as steel, but more *pliable*. Without a doubt
> > >steel should be used. And we're not talking strength as much as we are
> > >structural integrity. Do you want to risk your life with an
> > >experimental rubber design or with a proven steel design?
> > >Carl
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >"You delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in an answer
> > >it gives to a question of yours, or the question it asks you, forcing
> > >you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx." -- Kublai
> > >Khan
> >
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