Salut, Pierre . . .
If you have the chance visit an aquarium. They may have a tank with a
half-sphere. You'll be able to poke your head into the window for a first
hand look at the distortion.
It's not all that bad. The view is fantastic, you don't get any really
funny distortions unless the window itself is uneven. You may consider a
tear drop shape, too. You can still insert your head into the window to
look behind you but the window is much more hydrodynamic.
If the window will stick out on your sub, consider having it made in
polycarbonate (Lexan) instead. Acrylic (Plexiglas) is extremely well
studied for pressure applications, but, Lexan is MUCH more collision
resistant and is great for an ambient boat.
BTW, you will not get the same fish-eye perspective as a camera lens.
Different principles. Hope this helps.
Rick L
Vancouver, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marie-Andrée et Pierre" <poulin.carrier@videotron.ca>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 6:27 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fish eyes
Hi guys,
I saw a video of the sport sub ambient sub.
I noticed that on each side of the sub there are small windows that are
half-sphere. The windows seems to be very thick.
I was wandering since my sub have many blind spots (in fact, I can only
see
strait forward and up) that if I put half sphere of acrylic as window,
would
I see 180 deg. around? Then eliminating blind spots on the side? I'm
aware
that if that does work distortion would be... interesting at best. But I
could see if I am close to an object or to see where is that scuba diver?
Anybody tried that before?
Remember that my sub is an ambient sub and that there will be no pressure
on
the windows. So I can build them pretty much as I like it.
Pierre "fish eye" Poulin
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