<div dir="ltr">I know that this isn't exactly what we're talking about (granted, it's close) but this discussion reminded me of Hobie's mirage drive. Very interesting concept, not sure about the practical uses on a submersible though. ~ Douglas S. <div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD6OQhCeXqs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD6OQhCeXqs</a> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:55 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:JimToddPsub@aol.com" target="_blank">JimToddPsub@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="3">Mike,</font></div>
<div><font size="3">If you go to Youtube and search for "Anomalocaris" you'll find
a number of videos. A couple of years ago there were several posts on
mechanical fish or robofish. I don't recall the threads, but those are
easy to find on Youtube also. Caltech has a Biological Propulsion
Laboratory.</font></div>
<div><font size="3">Jim<br></font></div></font><div><div class="h5">
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<div>In a message dated 3/12/2014 8:27:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:mholt@ohiohills.com" target="_blank">mholt@ohiohills.com</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;BORDER-LEFT:blue 2px solid"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:transparent" color="#000000" face="Arial"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris</a><br>
<br>In the section
"Anatomy," there are two (or maybe three) references that <br>report that the
side fins on the animal is an inherently stable <br>propulsion
technique. I don't seem to have access to the full texts but <br>one
comment is that mechanical model was made and
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