Re: Underwater questions [ot]

In a message dated 11/2/99 11:33:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
hosford.donald@acd.net writes:

> I was thinking, maybe the ducted fans could be built into the body.
>  With these hatchs that would slide over the various openings when it
>  landed on the water.  Either they would compleatly seal the ducts, or
>  just "streamline" them.  So that way it would have it's air
engines/lift
>  ducts nice and dry.	I think the ducts would have to be tall enough
for
>  the fans/engines to be above the water line while it was floating.
>  
>  Other than the position/shape of the ducts/propulsion engines/control
>  surfaces, the craft could be almost any shape.
>  
>  BTW, I always thought the flying sub from VTTBOTS was built like
>  this...though they never did discribe it.

I think it would work, altho the idea of cutting holes in a heat shield
would 
not be good.
-Stephen