Re: Question? (and specs)

["Alan D. Secor" <secor@btv.ibm.com>]

I second that...also would be nice to see a scanned picture of it if 
available.

Al

> 
> And, yes, do continue with the details if you have time.
> 
> > Submanaut
> > 9.5 feet long
> > beam 4.2 feet
> > 4.75 high
> > 3.ft draft
> > 2.75 tons dry
> > 200 foot operating depth
> > collapse depth 2000 feet
> > launched 1963
> > hatch diameter 16.5 inches
> > 24 man hours life support
> > power 3.5 kwh
> > speed 1.1 knots for 4 hours cruise  , 1.6 for 2 hours
> > 1 pilot, one observer
> > payload 1200 pounds
> >
> > elliptically shaped pressure hull, majot axis 96 inches, minor axis 42 inches, 128 rings
> > of .75 inch plywoodbonded togehter.  The radial thickness is 4 inches plus .75 inches
> > fibreglass for a total of 4.75 inches.  hatch of steel with a flat gasket.
> >
> > and so on.  . . .  I'd keep typing but I have to go to a meeting.
> >
> > If there is further interest I'll type out the rest tommorrow. Let me know.
> 
> --
> Rick Lucertini
> in Vancouver, Canada
> empiricus@sprint.ca
> 
> "To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason."
> 
>     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 121 - 180 a.d.
> 
> 
> 
> 

--
Alan D. Secor
e-mail: secor@btv.ibm.com