Hi Patrick,
That would be the "best" solution. In fact, if you look closely at the "Nautilus", your fore and aft MBT's could be configured about the same as the K subs, you could keep the bottom view port with an "open" hull, ala K-sub, aft engine, side thrusters (in place of the planes), even the pilothouse over the conning tower moving the ports a bit. The side view ports would need to be free flooding spaces or faux.
You would have to settle for a bit of a stubby caricature, as the boat would not scale down in proportion, some performance issues, but, you would have the "look" you're after, if one were so inclined. Personally, to go through the trouble of building the pressure vessel, I would want a pure performance submersible, able to hold station precisely.
When I finish my marine CAD course, I will model this in Rhino someday to see what it would look like for the fun of it.
Joe
From: "Patrick" <pat_man_ta@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Nautilus Options
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:45:35 -0400
How bout this:Build a 1atm sub referencing a proven design (K-2/350)Skin it with fiberglass to look like a NautilusThat is what I'd be inclined to do were it my project.My current sketches on my project are looking more like the result of a drunken evening encounter between the Nautilus and the USS Monitor (Ironclad).My reasoning is that the Monitor's shape seems more practical for sub adaptation and it satisfies my anachronistic/steampunk aesthetic target nicely. If you take a good look at it, you can easily see a how one could, essentially, take a K-250-like pressure hull and go from there. It fits right in.----- Original Message -----From: Jim PesankaSent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 7:08 PMSubject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST]Hi Joe!I certainly agree. A Nautilus built as Goff described might be barely feasible, but it wouldn't be very strong by contemporary standards. At the end of the day, the sparse returns in utility and safety could never justify the staggering expense or effort of bringing such a dream to fruition. But what a "Whale of a Tale" it would be! 8^))Cheers!Jim
