Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Rand Corp sub competition entry

["Paul Kreemer" <paulkreemer@gmail.com>]

It's a pretty interesting topic - thanks for the photo links.  Yeah, I'm with you on those questions about dry versus wet.  
Some more:

* Does the Coast Guard or oil industry 
want a combination speedboat-submarine?

I can see this being interesting for the SEALs and us recreational underwater types but otherwise it seems like a Tom Swift or Dirk Pitt-inspired business plan. 

* What kind of planing performance do you get carrying enough ballast to submerge this baby?

This is really your dry vs. wet question.  Is there a lot of horsepower involved?  Or are we missing some clever trick, as the article hints at? 

* Shouldn't you ditch those vertical tails fins to reduce visibility/radar signature?  Granted, it's a prototype...

* And would this minisub be capable of riding piggyback on our attack subs?  


And of course I ask these critical questions mostly because I'm jealous that these guys are "living the dream"!  :-)


Paul