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Re: old doc - now I know more, better?
Ray Keefer wrote:
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> SNIP
Umm . . . interesting. These days when I think up designs they usually don't look much
like subs. The one you described would. (more or less)
Richard Compton-Hall wrote a book called, "Monsters and Midgets" It has a lot of
descriptions of minisubs used in WWII. He's the curator of the Submarine museum in
Gosport, England. I was there in 1992. The X-Craft was great, but a little big for my
budget.
The Imperial War Museum in London has a "Beiber" on display. Apparently it was found
floating at the surface with the crew dead, overcome by carbon monoxide from the
gasoline engine. It was a scary item. I wouldn't get into that thing if I could help
it.
About 10 miles from here there's a home-made sub as advertizing for a diving store.
It's just as scary, but does have some ingenious ideas for tilting the planes.
I'm rambling. Let's just say that it's quite possible to make a device that attempts to
pass as a sub, but we're essentially in the same position as Homebuilt Aircraft
builders. There has to be some standard of respectability, or we'll all be locked up or
dead.
Martin