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Mike: I took one of the pictures and enlarged it. There are two cables connecting the dive planes on the conning tower with the horizontal fins near the motor. It looks like he controls the ones on the conning tower, and the ones on the stern follow suit. It also appears that the motor is connected to a bell crank, and can swivel left-to-right. (Hard to tell...picture got too pixilated at that point.) My question is: It looks like there is a cutout area under the sub near the stern; just before the hull begins to taper. I'm curious as to what that's all about. -- NP Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:38:24 -0400 From: mholt@ohiohills.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Oil drum submarine Brent Hartwig wrote: You have to give the guy props for making his dream happen. He's only planning to go to 10 meters according to the article. I would think those drums could take that. Perhaps he has some internal ribbing or other stiffeners we can't see. The end drums might be the MBT's.I didn't see any hinges or other evidence that the fins can be controlled. Mike -- Cold reasoning doesn't have to prevail over romance. -Phil Bolger Time for vacation? WIN what you need. Enter Now! |