Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Another Oil Barrel Sub

[Marc de Piolenc <piolenc@archivale.com>]

On 9/24/2010 1:56 AM, Michael Holt wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Marc de Piolenc <piolenc@archivale.com
> <mailto:piolenc@archivale.com>> wrote:

>     Radius of action: 1 mile is a bit disappointing. I think it would
>     have been possible, even then, to do better than that.
>
>
> The information says that it was built to check the status of the
> canals.  A mile might have been enough, given that the thing was
> probably carried to places that had reported some sort of problem.
>
> I don't see a problem with this construction for this application.
> British canals seldom reach six feet in depth.

That makes sense. It would not have needed any significant autonomy.

Best,
Marc



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