<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Thanks Jon</div><div>-Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br>Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
Scott, it sounds like you have plenty of time. I would suggest
that you study ABS documents and also become very familiar with
the online tools we have at PSUBS.ORG. Self-education in design
is going to carry you a long way to understanding the capabilities
of your vessel and give you confidence in the various designs you
might want to pursue. You don't have to understand it to the
point of getting an engineering degree, just enough to answer most
of your own questions. Cliff is a P.E. and has "gifted" us with a
tremendously valuable tool in the design spreadsheet which
encapsulates ABS requirements and brings reasonable vessel design
to everyone's fingertips. It just takes some tenacity to get
through the material and understand it. There are numerous people
on the list that can help you with any related questions.<br>
<br>
Even if you had millions of dollars in your submarine budget and
could hire a staff of designers I would still make the same
recommendation. It's not about money, it's about the value of
knowing the "nuts and bolts" about the performance limitations of
your vessel.<br>
<br>
Jon<br>
<br>
<br>
On 6/19/2014 12:02 AM, swaters via Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:p77n17fs3xx26pubvyb48m12.1403150189873@email.android.com" type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=ISO-8859-1">
<div>I am looking for engineering for the pressure hull. Boyancy,
stress calculations, and drafting is what I am looking for. Not
worried about the electrical or plumbing side about it. My uncle
is a doc in electrical engineering and runs the University of
Nebraska and will help me and I understand plumbing pretty well.
I am consulting the help of Dan Lance on welding. Still will
need help eventually with acrylic. I will contact you off list
as well. </div>
<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Scott Waters</div>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>