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James Johnson
 
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Default Submarines, Car Engines, and Displacement

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 23:01:53 -0500, thunder wrote:

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:44:51 +0000, James Johnson wrote:


If you do an emergency blow from test depth, the forward third of the boat
will come completely out of the water when the boat reaches the surface.
For those few seconds I think that would be a 'zero' reading.


I think we have all seen pictures of that, quite impressive. I've always
wondered what it would be like inside at the time. It must be a rather


Everything is rattling, shaking and vibrating on the way up. When you break the
surface it suddenly gets a lot quieter, and the fall back down is surprisingly
gentle compared to the ride up.

JJ

rough ride?


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