Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Disc ussion

[BauWauHausDesign@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/03 5:56:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, dub@linuxmail.org writes:


> Dang straight, Jay. I think that anyone who lacks a basic understanding of
> specific gravity and bouyancy should do a little reading before building
> a sub. Jeffrey, your sub must weigh as much as the volume of water it
> displaces, to achieve neutral bouyancy. Therefore, you can't build a lighter
> sub without also building a smaller sub. This holds true even for the so-
> called "flyers", just not to the same extent. Grab a few books on submarine
> design and principle and read the material on the www.psubs.org . Good Luck!
>
> Warren.