<div dir="auto">Hi Jon, the centerline keel of both the 36"od hull and the tapered oblique cone are level. The design of the oblique cone is a series of circles, descending in diameter perpendicular to keel, and parallel to each other. The reason for me is the design aesthetic of 1) the tapered design allowing the front pilot sit lower than the rear pilot, 2) it looks like it's going a 100 mph while sitting still. 3) if you have ever sat in the first car of a roller coaster cresting the highest peak before the drop, that is the feeling you get in that seat. 4) if you remember the movie, Fantastic Voyage, the pilot sat in a large dome. That's what the rear pilot for me feels like. The exoskeleton shape was inspired by the Delta Flyer from Star Trek Voyager series, and an organic forward canard from a humpback whale.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My mission with the SeaQuestor, is to teach and inspire young people about the ocean and design innovation, and its gotta look cool to do that. Remember when we went to that school in Elmarada Florida, and all those kids being so excited, well it struck a chord with me, so we shifted from a production design to a teaching tool, and of course exploration. The same thing happened in Tahoe with the kiyack group. And of course based upon the length of this email, I like to talk as well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am sure I will find something that I could have done differently as we continue the build, but that's all part of the journey.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">David</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 2, 2018, 3:24 AM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22303"><span></span></div><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22301"><span id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22309">Wow, the magic of perspective with phone cameras. That first photo makes it look like the conning tower is 2 inches thick.</span></div><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22301"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22301"><span id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22486">Looks nice, and clever cone fabrication. I'm curious about your thoughts around that design choice. I assume it's because you wanted to keep the bottom "keel" area somewhat level, the angle of which would have been more accentuated if you had used a normal cylinder instead of cone. But couldn't you have hidden that with superstructure?</span></div><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22301"><span><br></span></div><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22301"><span>Jon</span></div><div class="m_-4103690537654724778qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22159"><br><br></div><div class="m_-4103690537654724778yahoo_quoted" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22182" style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22181"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22180"> <div dir="ltr" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22179"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22178"> <hr size="1" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22177"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, September 1, 2018 9:16 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] SeaQuestor pressure hull.<br> </font> </div> <div class="m_-4103690537654724778y_msg_container" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22230"><br><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yiv7874949669"><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22233"><div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22232">Hi Brian, 3/4" A516gr70. Next week the external rings will be placed at 12" o.c.<div id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22236">David</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="m_-4103690537654724778yiv7874949669gmail_quote" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22240"><div class="m_-4103690537654724778yiv7874949669yqt0274152534" id="m_-4103690537654724778yiv7874949669yqt75966"><div dir="ltr" id="m_-4103690537654724778yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1535882004211_22239"><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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