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Jens, This is
Jay not Ray. J When dealing with a small
submersible there are a lot of constraints to design due to the size.
While it is interesting to build a historical look-a-like, we should strive to
follow modern conventions for the sake of safety. Any vessel that is used
for war has a greater inherent risk of disaster and small submersibles were
generally considered one way missions…these risks are accepted as part of
the design objectives. In our case since we are not dealing with a war
vessel and start from a different set of design objectives that should place
safety paramount, we will make many different design decisions than those found
in the Seehunde. In other words, we would be better to start from
ground zero in design of a PSUB. Joe Perkel
looked at designing replica NR-1 and Alvin look-a-likes upon a K-350
hull. He retired from this effort for other reasons but found many
constraints and would have found more once he became involved with weight and
balance along with stability calculations. Thanks for
the reference, found a copy that I will purchase next payday to add to my large
library on submarines. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K.
Jeffries Andros
Is., Bahamas Talk
sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) -----Original
Message----- Ray... Good to
hear you say this... :) Are you
familiar with the book "Die Seehunde - Klein-U-Boote, Letzte deutsche
Initiative im Seekrieg 1939-1945" by Klaus Mattes; Verlag E.S. Mittler
& Sohn GmbH, 1995, ISBN 3-8702-0484-7, 224 pages. The book
presents a thouroughly presentation of the Seehunde design, complete
with excellent documentation in the form of technical data, images,
sketches, drawings, etc., etc. In
addition it has a big section covering the various operational aspects of the
type, and finally it also has an interesting coverage of what the french
navy used it for after the war was over (up to the mid-50s). regards, Jens ** Jens, ** ** Thanks
for the great image of Biber, I have Lakowski's book someplace and ** will
have to dig it out for review. Instead of building a Biber **
look-a-like, consideration might be given to the Seehunde as it was a more ** stable
vessel (relatively). ** ** R/Jay ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The
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