RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Drag

["kory mosteller" <hardcoremosteller@hotmail.com>]

for me, the streamling isn't so much for drag, as to reduce the risk of 
entanglement.  it's always the last thing you expect that gives you the most 
grief.
-km





> From: "Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Drag
> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:12:30 +0000
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> Nothing demonstrates Jay's statement quite like the JSL.......
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> http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/05deepscope/logs/aug31/media/eits_on_sub_rs.html
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> This submersible convinced me not to bother with fairings for the external 
> air cylinders and battery pods.
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> From: "Jay K. Jeffries" <bottomgun@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Drag
> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:00:14 -0400
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> At the typical speeds a PSUB travels at, protrusion drag is very small.  
> There are other issues you should focus on.
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> R/Jay
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> Jay K. Jeffries
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> Andros Is., Bahamas
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> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org 
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of 
> ShellyDalg@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 6:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flow testing-freeboard and swamping.
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> Ron. Keep adding your 2 cents. I was thinking of a way to add inflating 
> ballast to give more freeboard when at the surface. Maybe hidden behind a 
> retractable fairing to minimize drag when submerged.
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> Frank D.
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