Clark: A surface ship might have a positive or negitive metacentric height, but A submarine MUST have a positive metacentric height.
Metracentric height is really arcane stuff! How do you know of such things? I read a book or two on navel architecure many years ago. Mark On May 19, 2:49 pm, Clark Ward Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with sneaking in bouyancy where ever we can. I was going to > do a dissertation on metacentric height, ad nauseum, but then it > occurred to me that if a 1/6 scale tank suffers a casualty that allows > water in, it's going down regardless of design features lol. Not > enough reserve bouyancy by half, even with super-lightweight > batteries. Still would love to see a PT-76 running around and > swimmable. Or an LAV. > > -- > Clark in Georgia > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
