Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Children's author needs expert advice

[irox <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi Barabara,

thanks for researching your topic, I know as a small child
stories with believable technical merit where just as exciting,
if not more so, than the pure fantasy stories.

One of the big factors is weight, and moving the submersible
around.  I submersible I believe could be handled by a group
of young children would be something like the BOB (Breather
Observation Bubble), which weights in at round 90lbs and is
probably one of the lightest "submersibles" around: 

http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/vehicles/watercraft/sport_submersibles/BOB.html

Other submersibles will rather heavy for somebody (child
or adult) to move alone.

Other issues, where does the child get compressed gas
to operate the submersible, in the case of BOB, this has
to be a human breathable (compressed air from the gas
station will probably be toxic due to exhaust and oil
contamination).

Good Luck!
  Ian.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Barbara O'Connor <oconnor.barbara@gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 13, 2008 11:19 AM
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Children's author needs expert advice
>
>I write books for children aged 8 to 12.
>I am currently beginning a book that centers around a 10 or 11 year old boy
>who finds a submarine kit (it was in a crate that fell off a train).
>
>I need some advice from the experts:
>
>Would it be believable that a young boy could build a small submarine from a
>kit?
>
>Could the kit be very simple - something like the Silent Runner?
>
>Would he have access to all the tools and parts needed?
>
>Where would he have to build it - a barn? a garage?
>
>Once built, could he maneuver it (on a wagon or cart?) to a nearby pond or
>lake?
>
>Any ideas or suggestions welcome and appreciated.
>
>Barbara O'Connor
>www.barboconnor.com




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