[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Prone pilot position

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

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:34:29 -1000 Michael Edwards writes:
>
>You have been missing out on good visibility ;-)

So I see.

>A lot of submersibles that I have seen or been in, have a view port on
>the bottom where you stick your face right up close, often in prone
>for working with manipulators or for observation. I agree that you
>wouldn't want to go fast with very limited visibility.

I've seen that, too.   I makes sense in water where movement is 
restricted by the activity and where there's plenty of light.

>Where I live, a few hundred feet visibility is normal, you can see a 
>long way off.

Where I live, six feet is a very long way.



Michael Holt


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