Re: New ideas

[shawl@torchlake.com (Jonathan Shawl)]

Maybe we should work for this company. http://ussubs.com/
I would like to find an old War time sub, and convert it into more of a live
aboard house boat, put some view ports into it below the water line. Never dive
it, just a neat boat. We all dream!
AARRGG,  Ok, lets beat this one to death. ...6'OD-5'ID=12"  12 divided by 2
sides of the hull, that makes 6" per wall. Simple! Right? Did any body get a
different answer? :-)
Paul Anderson wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 HUNTR2@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I have some questions about your design.  If the OD is 6' and the ID is 5'
> > that makes the material 6 inches thick, Yes?
> >
> Wouldn't it be 12 inches?  Or is this an unusually large value of 5?:)
>
> > I have my own ideas/dreams of a double hull, thin walled with structural
> > honeycomb between the two hulls.
> >
> I once had the idea of designing the entire internal structure(decks,
> rooms, etc.) of a submarine as a honey-comb.  Of course, that would be for
> a REALLY BIG submarine.(I'm particularily interested in constructing very
> large submarines eventually, with over 1,000 crewmen and capable of
> spending years under water continuously)  TTYL!
>
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