LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #19   Report Post  
James Johnson
 
Posts: n/a
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?


James Johnson
remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:55 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 BoatBanter.com.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Boats"

 

Copyright © 2017