Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Underwater tent...

[Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>]

Cool! Thanks! One thing about that link that is
interesting is that they are measuring PAR. I told the
company I was working for that underwater PAR 
measurments would become important in the near future.
They laughed. Hmmm. I designed a PAR instrument once
before! 

Warren.

--- Steven Mills <cirtemoeg@juno.com> wrote:
> 
> This isn't exactly a tent for habitation or
> saturation diving. But it is
> similar to something I built as a 14 year old kid
> quite by accident.
> I'll forgo the story behind it, but I ended up
> building a small quonset
> style tent using electrical conduit pipe for a frame
> [ that's all I had
> available to me ] the bottom part of the pipe frame
> packed with sand.
> It wasn't elaborate or incorporate any venting, but
> was great on a
> hot summers day and watching blue gill and bass [ or
> were they
> watching me  : )  ]  It was in a pond about 15 feet
> under.
> 
> --Steve
> 
>
http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/ofr/00-361/sharq.html
> 
> 
> On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 15:16:18 -0700 (PDT) Warren
> Greenway
> <opensourcesub@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Yeah, I was thinking of something similar...But
> here's
> > the catch. Make your panels out of the fiber
> > reinforced
> > recycled tire material and use belting and
> adhesive
> > to hold the pieces together. I like the concrete
> > approach, but I wonder how you would assemble it?
> > Would you pour the sections on a barge and lower
> them
> > into place over a temporary structure? I have
> wondered
> > about building on the bottom, but it seems that
> the
> > uncertain and silty nature of the bottom would
> make
> > it more desirable to float on a tether...Hmmm. 
> > 
> > Warren.
> > 
> > --- Brian Cox <ojaibees@ojai.net> wrote:
> > > What I have thought of before was a geodesic
> dome
> > > where all of the tiangles are made of reeforced
> > > concrete (concrete is my life !) .The dome could
> be
> > > assembled on land first and then taken apart and
> > > reasembled under water, the triangles would
> > > interlock and then assembled underwater and
> membrain
> > > would be fitted to the inside of the dome so no
> air
> > > would escape through cracks.  The wieght of the
> > > cement triangles would keep the dome on the
> floor of
> > > the ocean.
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
> > >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Warren Greenway"
> <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:14 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Underwater tent...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Well, that's the type of application I was
> > > thinking
> > > > of.
> > > > Marine research, salvage, general diver
> support,
> > > etc.
> > > > I am thinking in the 20'-30' range for this.
> Time?
> > > > Well...From hours to semi-permanent. One thing
> > > that
> > > > I want to try some day is a completely
> closed-loop
> > > 
> > > > hydroponics experiment. One of these tents
> could
> > > make
> > > > that possible for a reasonable cost.
> > > > 
> > > > Warren.
> > > >  
> > > > --- NeophyteSG@aol.com wrote:
> > > > > Warren,
> > > > > 
> > > > > What do you see yourself using it for?  All
> of
> > > the
> > > > > times that I've seen a 
> > > > > similar apparatus used has been by marine
> > > biology
> > > > > researchers doing fish counts 
> > > > > and similar bottom studies.  What depth are
> you
> > > > > planning on using the tent at?  
> > > > > How big?  How long do you expect/plan/want
> to
> > > > > inhabit it?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Warm Regards
> > > > > Shawn
> > > > > 
> > > > > *****
> > > > > 
> > > > > "Call nothing thy own except thy soul.
> > > > > Love not what thou art, but only what thou
> may
> > > > > become.
> > > > > Do not pursue pleasure, for thou may have
> the
> > > > > misfortune to overtake it...
> > > > > Live in the vision of that one for whom
> great
> > > deeds
> > > > > are done ..." 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Man of LaMancha, D. Wasserman
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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