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It seems utterly bizarre to make a sub out of carbon fiber. The advantage of CF is low weight. But who cares what a submarine weighs? Some of the articles abo
by johnvanommen 3y ago
It seems utterly bizarre to make a sub out of carbon fiber.
The advantage of CF is low weight. But who cares what a submarine weighs?
Some of the articles about it's construction indicate that many of the engineers were aerospace engineers.
I wouldn't want a submarine engineer designing a plane, and vice versa.
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- tim333 3y agoI was thinking about that but a steel sub can only really weigh as much as the same volume of water which probably limits things if you are going to 4000m. Too much weight and it'd sink like a stone.
- civilitty 3y ago> The advantage of CF is low weight. But who cares what a submarine weighs? The heavier a sub is the bigger the ballast tanks have to be to compensate and the more energy is wasted on moving it, just like any other powered vehicle.
- zardo 3y agoDo they even have ballast tanks? I saw mention of steel ballast they drop at the bottom. The biggest benefit of reduced weight on this thing would be minimizing the size of the crane and surface vessel needed to deploy and recover it.