I think all of your ideas are marvelous! I have heard of a fellow out by where I
live who brought a large out-of-ground pool, and mounted a cross-section of an
airplane on a hoist system. He would then shut the small section up, and it
would be waterproof. His wife [or son, I don not know for sure] would be
operating the hoist system, and would drop him or an occupant down there.
Either another diver is in the pool, or manually opened, a small nozzle is
opened to allow for flooding. You then have to practice putting on an oxygen
system and tanks, and manually fill the mockup with water via a full until it
is completely full of water, which makes it easier to open the hatch and simply
swim out. No pictures as of yet, my apologies. I was
thinking that [although] that system is used for a small aircraft mockup, the
same principle can be applied to a submarine mockup, etc. -Joey From: owner- Joe...Just what I was thinking. Great
idea. Maybe made of fiberglass, or even rigid plastic sheet. Something to
enclose a space but maybe you could "punch" through if someone
panicked. Practice is a good thing. Frank D. |