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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Stopping Flaps



Brent,
 
When Jay responded to your suggestion to another member, that he could install speed brakes, Jay gave plenty of good reason to back up his statement that speed brakes were a bad idea.  Sometime later, Ray Keefer provided quotes from a book about the history of the Albacore that backed up Jay's statements.  So ample evidence has been provided that clearly demonstrates speed brakes submarines can be dangerous.  Whether they would work on small subs, I have no clue.  One of the things we talked about at the convention this year, is that people who push innovative designs and ideas need to first, expect that their idea is going to be scrutinized, and second, that the person proposing such innovation has the burden to prove what they are proposing actually works.  You could be right about stopping flaps, you could be wrong about them.  When you make statements including "this could work", or "this should work" without anything to backup your claims except your own opinion, expect them to be challenged.  In other words "just saying something is a good idea with no reason and/or very limited reason doesn't make for good open flowing discussion".
 
Being a "possibility thinker" is great, but when their thoughts are not practical the "possibility thinker" is more commonly known as a "pipe dreamer".
 
Jon