<font color='black' size='3' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><font size="3">I was thinking more about the wash and slosh motions of surface water at sea. If you take the side load off the diaphragm with a very slightly oversized tube, then it would take the side loads off the soft plastic structure. That occasionally violent back and forth motion might cause some hardening over time and fracture in the folds.</font>
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Yep, I intend to make a fairing over the thruster mounts for just that reason. I tried 3D-printing one but it was not sturdy enough. Will probably just mill it out of solid UHMW plastic.
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<font size="3">The compensating diaphragms might want rigid, free-flooding tubes to sit in for stability in a seaway, and to protect them from snags and dumb feet.</font>
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That is readily available, just look online for "molded fiberglass grating". There is some similar stuff that's easier on the feet, which you can find searching "pultruded grating", but I went for this one with wider openings because the midships thrusters blow right through it.
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Very cool. I am curious about the grate too.
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Made by Greg Cottrell many years ago. It was at the time the thickest he'd made and wasn't sure it would work out, but it came out really well.
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Alec, The submarine looks amazing!!! I can't wait to see it in person! Where did you get the acrylic dome at?
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Hey everyone, I'm breaking cover with the project sub. It is in need of a name. If the pictures inspire any thoughts that are not rude, I'm all ears for suggested names!
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