[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Prone position.. was Re: Carsten: Sgt. Pepper

[Michael B Holt <tlohm@juno.com>]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 19:40:07 EST NeophyteSG@aol.com writes:
>
>The plan is not so much "suspended" as it is strapped to the upper 
>hull and supported by an inclined pad.

Have you tried that?   I'd like to know how it feels.

I don't recall reading any comments from Cousteaus's staff 
on the prone positions in the little subs he built.   Does anyone
know of any such reports?

My first sub sketches were for a boat with a prone pilot. Then 
I tried it -- age about 13, on the floor in my bedroom -- and my
biggest memory is the pain my shoulders.

My next idea was to have the pilot on his back, looking into
a large mirror.   But the diference between was was seen
and what motion was sensed seemed to be too great a 
gulf for serious consideration. 

The XP-79 had a Y-shaped device on which the pilot would 
rest his chin.   Unfortunately, the airplane -- in all its versions
over two or three years -- does not seem to have collected
enough flight time to test that idea.
 


Michael


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