Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Scubatron

[Steven Mills <cirtemoeg@juno.com>]

Hi Storm,

Hmmm,  we seem to be thinkng along the same lines.

The plans call for fiberglass over a chined-type hull. I'm rethinking
this.
It's also constructed as 2 halves....this I'm reworking, too, so it is a
unitized hull.
I have other ideas for the pontoon/snorkel. With the pontoons it might
give you
a depth of 10feet.  I believe with the right materials and re-design it
could
go 10meters maybe more.
I've noticed on the Riley site there are builders' examples of other
projects
but not the Aquasub. A search on google comes up dry.  You and I may be
the only ones interested.
I've got a lot of the materials and tools for this project in storage, I
just don't
have the space to build it [ nor the time, now...I'm going thru probate
on my
mother's estate ]

I'll keep you posted.

--Steve

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 15:05:04 +1100 "Storm" <storm@intas.net.au> writes:
> Steve,
> I also have been reworking rileys design. I've actually been looking 
> at the
> possibility of it as a vehicle suspended on winch lines from a 
> larger
> vessel, possibly a catamaran type configuration. Possibly with 
> controls for
> surface motors within the sub. I have also been wondering about the 
> concepts
> behind the delta wing. Perhaps there would be a correlation between 
> them?
> Haven't been able to find much info on it as yet short of buying the 
> plans
> on the site and never building it.
> 
> p.s. I know a tethered vehicle is not really the same as a sub, but 
> trying
> to get my tender half into something that 'just sinks' is proving to 
> be
> unrealistic.
> 
> Storm
> 


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