Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine Tech

[peter mckellar <mckellar@earthlink.net>]

hi zeke,

your english is excellent - is this a 2nd language to you - it certainly doesnt show :)

as for the new tech (esp carbon nanotubes etc) - yes, yes, yes.  this doesnt however mean the designs will end up translated into a working sub :(  cost and availability alone could destroy any hopes for my building in the next couple of years.

tried and true also has many appeals especially for safety.  this can however be a risk though - some of the new materials and design concepts may prove to be far safer, even if little is known about them (as yet).

i don't think i saw the posting re hydrogen quasiturbines, was it on this group?

cheers
peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Zeke Stone <deafangel@hotmail.com>
Sent: Oct 3, 2003 3:24 PM
To: Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine Tech

I was wondering if anyone is currrently trying to adapt new tech into their 
personal sub designs. Such as, carbon nanotube based materials - (currently 
somewhat difficult to produce in massive quanties but looks extreamly 
promising) and quasiturbine hydrogen engines (not totaly new, but a massive 
improvemnt over 4 stroke engines and work great with H/gas. I had talked to 
someone over the inet a few weeks back who had designed one where the water 
outside the hull was sucked into a tank where hydrogen was striped away and 
fed to the engine in a continuous cycle. Seems pretty neat but I have my 
doubts, any thoughts?)

ps. my english is good yes? 8)

ryan

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