Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speculation...

["Pierre Poulin" <pipo305@hotmail.com>]

Well,

A sub needs to be heavy! You can't go around that exept make it very small 
(like I did...) So there is no point making it light. You would have to fill 
some kind of ballast with something more heavy then water. (rocks???).

Sorry to rain on your parade...

Pierre Poulin




>From: "Raven93" <airdale@htva.net>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: "Psubs Mailist" <Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org>
>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Speculation...
>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:05:21 -0500
>
>Greetings:
>
>     Well, being a new guy I guess I can get away with asking something 
>that has probably already been discussed, maybe more than once.
>     When are submarines going to go mainstream?  When will I commonly see 
>people trailering their sub to the lake?  Will they ever be even half as 
>popular as surface craft.  And the biggy, what sort of design would it 
>take?
>     First off, I don't think one of these super-heavy types we're seeing 
>will ever catch on.  Nobody wants to give the old Vitara a hernia trying to 
>budge one.  Plus, if you consider you're looking at $50000 to $60000 to 
>build a KA-350, IF you do as much of the work yourself as you can, the 
>average guy won't opt in.
>     So what about a lightweight design made of composites framed up 
>something like an old tube and fabric airplane?  Yeah, ballast will be a 
>MAJOR issue.  How about water ballast, maybe combined with some lead?  
>Flood and blow?
>     Another thing, most people aren't divers like me.  They'll want a dry 
>sub, and enough room to take the fam for a cruise.  And they'll want a 
>trailerable boat.  And being a diver, I can tell you now I'd rather free 
>swim with scuba gear than ride in a wet sub.
>     There is a design, it just has to be thought of.  And when it is, 
>submarines will become a popular sport beyond us compulsive tinkerers and 
>dreamers, a sport within reach of the average working guy for weekend 
>entertainment.
>     Has anyone looked at adapting airplane building techniques to 
>submarines?  So far, heavy and traditional has not brought about the 
>"everyman sub".  Maybe going in a totally unexpected direction is the 
>answer to finding the design.  Just some thoughts.  I might be crazy, ha 
>ha!
>
>Cheers!
>
>Rick...

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