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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Group support...or is that "Support Group"?
Carl,
Don't your Bronco have a "super low gear" four wheel drive???
It could do the trip at 18 mph...
;)
Pierre
>From: Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Group support...or is that "Support Group"?
>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:39:19 -0700
>
>Hmmmm. The Biber was about 5 tons displacement, IIRC and the Seehund
>was 15. Don't know about Dewey, but weioght is a huge issue for me as
>I'm in the middle of bum f**k Egypt (errrr ok, Wyoming. Close
>enough....) and have a ways to drive to a suitable body of water. For
>me hauling 15 tons would require a tractor/trailer set up. And I just
>have a Bronco.
>Carl
>
>
>SeaLordOne@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Dewey,
> >
> > Why the biber? Biber was one of the most poorly designed midget subs
> > of WWII, as I recall. Sea keeping was poor, visibility was
> > non-existent, few made it back to port because of suffication and
> > operational limitations, and it had no depth keeping functionality.
> > If you dived, you simply sunk all the way to the bottom. There was no
> > way to hold depth.
> >
> > I assume you will redesign the hull and internal structures, and
> > replace the gas engine with diesel? While they did not perform well,
> > they did look pretty cool! I would certainly be willing to share my
> > sources (some in German) with you, if that is what you want to do.
> > Ever consider a Seehund? That was a very well designed boat. I could
> > get into that project. Any other opinions out there?
> >
> > Doug Farrow
>
>--
> "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured,
>the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied....chains us all
>irrevocably. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we are all
>damaged." -- Capt. Picard, STNG
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