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Since your design is ambient, will you be
completely dry all the time with the water
level always below you?
Completely dry. The water
will neither enter nor be exposed to the interior in any way. The
cockpit will be built up somewhat [glass over ply] to compensate
for at least some pressure differentials, mostly from large wave
action at the surface. Twelve foot seas will pop your ears somewhat,
but, I'd rather not see my cabin walls oil-canning. Momentary deltas
need to be accounted for. Other than that, it's thin walled all the
way and bone dry.
The only machinery will be dehumidifiers,
not CO2 scrubbers. Life support will be oral/nasal masks exhausting
externally. At this point [I reserve the right to change my
mind] I will be keeping things simple. O2 flow rates & monitors,
CO2 scrubbing, Baralyme, etc. do not appeal to me. Right now
I'm viewing my boat as more of a vehicle than a life support
pod.
Am I correct in assuming you will enter from
the top somehow in order to stay dry, as
opposed to entering from swimming in thru the bottom like some ambient
subs require.
The cockpit will open via canopy like an
aircraft. If it was a pontoon boat the canopy wiould merely slide on
rails. Freeboard dictates that, in my Typhoon sub anyway, the canopy
open at the top much like a hatch.
I saw your pics at the link you provided. I
saw the bow and hull shape and stern
shape. What kind of sail, bubble, or upper superstructure will it
have?
An aircraft style, for example, a
Chipmunk or fighter jet. I may just make it a simple curve much like
the windshields seen on catamaran hydrofoil boats
(racing).
The IMAX Experience is paramount in my
sub. I want the feeling of being THERE, surrounded by water, waves
and fishies. Small portholes [a] do not permit this experience
[b] make diagnosing an entrapment almost impossible. My thoughts are
that the bubble canopy allows the underwater world to be felt, not just
seen through a TV screen. If small portholes deny the viewer, then
the technology is getting in the
way. The instrument should be incidental, not the goal [unless
you're an engineer].
Needless to say, any design is mission
specific. Deep dives require a different set of parameters than the
"IMAX Experience". Portholes are specifically called for as canopies
would be prohibitive both in cost and design evaluation.
Rick Lucertini
Vancouver, Canada
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Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005
5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
Typhoon dry ambient [formely Moki picture . . .]
Hi, Bill, et al . . .
In my continued search for meaning in life,
I have decided to use the Russian Typhoon as the defacto choice for my
first boat. Why?
Mainly because the majority of the hull
allows for simple curves that can be derived using sheet material.
Fast and easy to build. Exceptions, of course, are the bow cone
and parts of the stern and canopy support structure. These will
have to be faired accordingly.
This design also allows me to cruise long
distances and it avoids having to have surface support. Our waters
are surrounded by boats (Strait of Georgia, B.C., Canada - the Left
Coast). VHF radio, cell phones and EPIRBS will all summon
help quickly. If I'll be going far from shore (transiting) I'll
wear my Viking (dry) suit. If I'm staying close to shore - like
sailing over to my local latte provider by the water's edge - I'll just
wear my tux ;-)
Rick Lucertini
Vancouver
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Moki
picture upload site problems/plus posts going thu problems.
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I would like to know more about your
typhoon dry ambient boat. Do you have pics online anywhere?
Why is it called a "Typhoon"
after a
Soviet class of sub? Is it's
hull shape styled after the Russian boat?
Bill.
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I'm still
dedicated to building my Typhoon dry ambient boat.
Rick Lucertini
Vancouver,
Canada