[PSUBS-MAILIST] New Join

[John Bussard via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi all,

Saying hi and introducing myself as a new poster on the list here.  I live in CA, have zero engineering background, but have gotten hooked looking at all of these projects.  I don’t have the time or space to start a project in the next couple years, which gives me some time to figure out if I can develop the skills to make a go of this, as I’m not much of a project guy at the moment.  

In thinking about how to proceed, I wanted to gain an understanding of how folks go about their respective designs: I’d like to come up with something “of my own” but understand that to have some calculation/measurement skills that are foreign to me.  Is it enough to do some focused reading in Busby to get the ball rolling?  Criteria I think I’m interested in
1) Multi-person (realistically that means 2 I think…)
2) Less interested in depth as opposed to ability to (if possible) be maneuverable, some endurance.  I’m most caught by the R300 as a concept, to frame the discussion.

Those are my thoughts, if there’s anyone near San Diego who has time to talk about their project I’d love to meet y’all, either way I look forward to talking with folks here.

In closing, the first message that came through for me was regarding the death of Phil Nuytten: Sad to learn of it and my thoughts are with friends and family here and throughout- I know what it’s like to lose special group members, and it’s never easy.

Thanks to all,
John Bussard
San Diego, CA