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Brent,
I appreciate your enthusiasm but remember, anyone
anywhere, with any amount of knowledge in the field, can throw around
"Concepts." If done by a pro, concepts have a function but concepts
in Hollywood were getting us to the moon in the 1930's. Yes, we did get to
the moon and the crafts we did it in were impressive, but were far from the
concepts of 1930's Hollywood sketches.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade, merely point
out that your getting pretty excited about a artists sketch.
It sounds like your doing research and plan to build
someday. Great! I have no doubt that eventually, if you stick with
it, you'll be diving in a sub of your own design. What I'd like to point
out is, the more you stick with convention the sooner it will happen. You
have to ask yourself, how far from convention am I willing to venture and how
long am I willing to wait until my sub becomes reality?
Dan H.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:38
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] XS100 Duo Beta
Personal Submersible
I stumbled onto something
that is simply amazing. These subs and hydrofoil designs will blow your
socks off. If not, you need more sleep. So don't look at these pictures
sitting down or while drinking anything. You can't say I didn't warn you.
http://www.sureda.org/Portfolio/Portfolio.htm
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/07/new-hydrofoil-submersible-concepts.html
These subs look like they might be or could be made to be
hydrobatic. I had been thinking about using butterfly tail on a sub design I
was working on, so it's great to see one.
"Guillermo Sureda-Burgos is a
world-renowned stylist and designer, who creates
new concepts for underwater transportation devices, as well as some striking
furniture & appliance designs. He also teaches advanced computer graphics
in the Industrial Design department of the Art Institute Fort Lauderdale, and
the Canary Islands, Spain.
The following images were graciously
provided by Guillermo - exclusively for Dark Roasted Blend - as an overview of
his latest concepts and design
ideas"
Personal Submersible
Vehicles
"So called "dry-pressurized" submarines
have passenger compartment separate from the water and at sea level pressure;
the space between the vehicle and the outer hydrodynamic skin floods with
seawater during submerged operation. The submersible's layout is similar to
the standard seating arrangement of a passenger automobile. XS100 Duo seats
two and XS100 Trio seats three submariners. The intended market would be
luxury yacht and resort owners, those who are perhaps bored of a luxury yacht
and wanting to try something new (the price of a 2 passenger model for a
target depth 100 meters should be close to that of a limited production exotic
sports car, i. e. around 400,000€. With the larger production numbers the
price can come down to 150,000€). The subs eye-catching design seem to be
firmly rooted in the best of a Fin & Chrome style of the
50s."
Regards,
Brent
Hartwig
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