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Not much to see yet- some pallets of
steel, a big roll of glass and a few gallons of epoxy resin but I’ll keep
you posted. From: owner- New sub? Come on, Greg,
let's see it. I’ve read a lot of good ideas here.
It’s great to have this kind of forum. Back when I built my sub (early
90s) all I had was Busby’s book and the=2 0PVHO. Looking back, I would
say that the ideas of mine that turned to be, shall we say, “less than
useful”, were all of the ones that were “over thought”!
But it is still fun to brainstorm and be creative. As far as the PVHO goes though, I
can’t stress enough that it should be the basis for every design. Just in
the area of acrylic fabrication, it still amazes me just how thorough their
investigation into the properties of acrylic was. As an acrylic fabricator, I
don’t think of that work so much as “rules” but as
“discoveries” about the material and how to shape and contain it in
ways that allow it to withstand tremendous loads. It’s like the alphabet-
there is no limit to the great literary works that can be created using the
alphabet and there never will be. This is also true of basic pressure vessel
design. The fun is in the combination. I’m currently building a new sub. I
think I’ll visit the discussion more often in search of new ideas. Thanks, Greg C From: owner-personal_ submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of ShellyDalg@aol.com All good advice Greg. It's real good to
have guys with real experience to give advice and critique our sometimes
hair-brained ideas. I can see where a towed buoy could be a
pain although I did like the idea where your surface crew could tell how deep
you were by counting the floating pipes. I'm hoping David's comm system works
out so we are able to talk to the surface without dragging an antenna
along. That should be a VERY good thing. Frank20D. |