Joe,
What about a inflatable float design, basically an underbelly or below
the waterline bladder?
Carl
D.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:12
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch
Retrieval Transport
Did a quick and dirty conceptual sketch of the "dry
dock / utility trailer".
(not to scale),
(Cylinders are MBT's and
rectangles are floats.)
http://www.frappr.com/?a=viewphoto&id=269116&pid=3192195
What
you have here, is basically a "hydrohoist" on wheels.......
http://www.boatlift.com/
However,
not yet solved, are the proper volumes / dimensions of the
components and
how it all fits to scale, with wheel height, width, cg and
center of
buoyancy all worked out.
As Jay points out, this is unsuitable for
towing to sea, and remains only a
potential for "skinny water" launching,
but it does have the advantage of
not having to worry about "clearing" the
trailer in any given distance from
the launch
vehicle.
Joe
>From: ShellyDalg@aol.com
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To:
personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject:
Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch Retrieval Transport
>Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006
23:06:01 EST
>
>Damn!......I love this group! Keep the ideas
flowing. Frank
D.
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