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Did I miss something here, why the heck are we painting floatation foam?
JJohn Slater
Sydney Australia
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The Pink polystyrene is the only good flotation foam I could find locally, since I've used up all my blue foam.
I was talking about this in another thread but could not remember where so thought I'd stick my comment here, Sorry. :)Rick L.
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I was the one that painted my flotation foam because it was pink i was looking for blue but could not find it. I painted it with a flat neon green it does nothing to the foam in any way it works just fine plus it's the color i wanted .Go to my gato submarine thread and you will see three pictures of it inside the hull it turned out just fine. If you like pink then live with it. personally i do not like the color. Oh what the heck heres a picture of it. I got my foam at lowes, its insulation foam used in bathrooms you can find it at construction jobs look in there dumster i see it all the time:D
JimLast edited by deepseadiver; 03-05-2009, 03:13 AM.Put your mind to it. If there's a will there's a way!Comment
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Yep, I like the green also, but the water-based paint, that I have already, is flat camo Tan, so that's the interior color mine will be. :D LOL
It will go well with the flat camo green, of the exterior. :DLast edited by toppack; 03-05-2009, 05:31 PM.Rick L.
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I was considering an experiment of gluing something under the superstructure/deck of my Gato. Filling that space with something light weight (not much heavier than water) but with little buoyancy would make that space a Neutral-buoyancy area that would not trap air or water. Therefore not effecting trim much, reducing the effects of traped air in that area.
I was thinking about using a dense rubber material that does not absorb water and does not float.
Has anyone else tried this?Last edited by toppack; 04-09-2009, 04:05 PM.Rick L.
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I was considering an experiment of gluing something under the superstructure/deck of my Gato. Filling that space with something light weight (not much heavier than water) but with little buoyancy would make that space a Neutral-buoyancy area that would not trap air or water. Therefore not effecting trim much, reducing the effects of traped air in that area.
I was thinking about using a dense rubber material that does not absorb water and does not float.
Has anyone else tried this?
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We don't want any 'Rolling Pigs'! :D
Surely there's some material that won't effect top-weight and flotation much, but will fill that area ??? :confused:
What about the stuff NASA invented, Aero-gel (Space-gel)?
Does it float?
Anyone have a good contact at NASA?
There's bound to be something that will work?Last edited by toppack; 04-09-2009, 04:41 PM.Rick L.
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We don't want any 'Rolling Pigs'! :D
Surely there's some material that won't effect top-weight and flotation much, but will fill that area ??? :confused:
What about the stuff NASA invented, Aero-gel (Space-gel)?
Does it float?
Anyone have a good contact at NASA?
There's bound to be something that will work?
You have two distinct problems here. When the boat is surfaced, that void needs to be as light as air. When the boat is submerged it needs to be as heavy as water. Something added that is in between won't work in either state. Pure physics!
Actually there is a third and fluctuating state. During a dive or surface, the void will be proportionally full of water and air depending on the depth.
Best solution - air and water! :DStop messing about - just get a Sub-driver!Comment
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Last edited by toppack; 04-09-2009, 07:28 PM.Rick L.
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