Someone happened to ask me the other day what sorts of vehicles that our empegs have made it into.

I know that someone installed in their boat (hopefully successfully), but what about other vehicles?

Obvious choices:

1) Airplanes
2) Lorries (i.e. articulated, not your overgrown SUV)
3) Taxi's
4) Boats
5) Helicopters?

etc, etc.

I thought that lorries made a lot of sense - since lorry drivers tend to be on the road for very long periods of time. Ditto taxis - although you might make more tips with the visuals I suppose?

Anyone aware of any of these?

Paul.

Paul Haigh, Reg. 4120
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I am guessing that lorries are truck cabs? Like 18 wheelers? Remember, this board needs translation sometimes

DiGNAN

I am guessing that lorries are truck cabs? Like 18 wheelers?

Lorry is the English word for "truck" in the sense of large cargo vehicle. Both 18-wheelers ("articulated lorries" or "artics") and 8-wheelers count as lorries. If it's too small to be a lorry, it's a van, though the boundary is a bit vague.

While we're on, what's the difference between a truck cab and a "rig"? In English the word for the front bit of an artic is "tractor", though it doesn't seem to be used as commonly as Americans use "rig", possibly because long-distance road haulage isn't perceived as macho-romantic in England the same way it is in the USA.

Unusually for this BBS, I'll also address the matter in hand: we've heard of several empeg installations in aeroplanes (including one sodding big aeroplane), one in one of those huge six-wheeler luxury stretch humvee things, at least two in boats, and one in a personal submarine.

Peter

... personal submarine???

Paul G.
SN# 090000587 (40GB Green)

including one sodding big aeroplane

The only person I can think of who owns what could really be described as "sodding big" aeroplane is Paul Allen of Microsoft (who has a 757 as his private jet).

Don't tell me he's bought a Linux box !

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The only person I can think of who owns what could really be described as "sodding big" aeroplane is Paul Allen of Microsoft

Or John Travolta

DiGNAN

Submarine - cool.

Anyone have any pictures? That'd make a great PR photo shoot......

Paul.

Paul Haigh, Reg. 4120
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(mk2) 12GB, Red, 00357

When I was reading Harry Turtledove's novels he used the word lorrie all over the place, had me wondering what they were for a little while.

Calvin

The only person I can think of who owns what could really be described as "sodding big" aeroplane is Paul Allen of Microsoft


Check out this site (courtesy of bbs user Wire) if you want to see some custom work on sodding big aeroplanes. I don't know if any of them are empeg equipped or not, though...

tanstaafl.

"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

Sort of the RV coaches of the air. I remember coming across this site looking for private jet info. and really impressed to say the least.

#090000695 Mk2 BLUE 12Gig

Yes those things are very cool.

#090000695 Mk2 BLUE 12Gig

Mommy, I want one for Christmas.

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Tony Fabris

What, lumber myself with that excess and glitz? No thank you. I'd rather have the salary. Then I could spend it on things that are actually useful, tasteful and fun.

Save the whales. Feed the hungry. Free the mallocs.

I agree, the opulence of your own customized jet is simply too much. I would prefer to spend the millions on a nice island, and a boat.
At least that way you don't have to pay fuel, airport taxes, pilot's salary, airline concubine, etc.
But then again, if you got's the ca$h, you might as well spend it!

Smoker_Man
#080000449 MkII - 36Gb Blue

That's why he was asking his mommy for Christmas. He didn't want to spend the cash!

I do admit though, an island would be pretty cool.

DiGNAN

Speaking of Paul Alles and submarines, I've read somewhere he intensd to order one of these.

Ragarding that article on Allen, money perhaps cannot buy you happiness, but with enough of it you can be misserable very comfortably.

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

Ooo, Mommy, I want one of those, too!

I promise I'll be a good boy all year.

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Tony Fabris

Thanks for the link never knew these existed interesting idea. I've only seen the small personal subs.

#090000695 Mk2 BLUE 12Gig

Thanks for the link never knew these existed

Um, as far as I know, they don't exist. You'll notice that all the pictures at that web site are hand-drawn illustrations. Unlike the airplane pictures, which were genuine photographs.

The web site didn't say what their manufacturing plans/ETA was. Hmmm.

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Tony Fabris

Yes, they don't appear to have built any of their luxury subs yet, just their less glamourous tourist subs. Still, a fun site...

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I think they're real other pages on the site have pretty detailed .pdf files of the specs for about three different models. One page even mentioned the low low price of 9.7 million for the deluxe model and a 24 month time frame to build it custom to your specs. and crew training. I have heard of USSubs they use to make small recreational 2-man personal subs back in the 80's.

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Ask and I may tell you

...Paul Allen and submarines, I've read somewhere he intensd to order one of these.



I bet not.

After looking over the description and specifications, I'm thinking this thing looks pretty bogus.

There is no way they can cut a bunch of seven foot diameter holes in a 26' diameter pressure hull, fill those holes with plastic windows, and then take the thing down to it's rated operational depth of 1000 feet. At least, not with any expectation of ever bringing it back to the surface! Anybody know how many PSI water pressure would be on those windows at 1000 feet? Each window would have 5541 square inches...

The electric motor specs are a bit suspect as well.

We're looking at a total of 3280 KWH of electrical storage, but assuming that these are lead-acid batteries (and I don't know of any other technology suitable for such a large-scale application) at best you will only be able to use two-thirds of that capacity without risking irreparable harm to the batteries. So call it 2150 KWHs available. The motors themselves have a maximum output of 740 KW, that's almost exactly 1000 HP.

They're claiming a maximum submerged speed of 10 knots, which I assume would require all 740 KW. They claim a six hour endurance at that rate, which would require 4440 KWH, more than double the amount of onboard capacity availabale.

Further, they claim a 140 hour submerged endurance at 2.5 knots. To get 140 hours from 2150 KWHs would be a continuous draw of about 15 kilowatts, or about 20 horsepower. I would be very surprised if 20 HP would propel a 213 foot long 26 foot diameter craft with all the protrusions shown for bridge acoutrements etc. at a speed of 2.5 knots -- while submerged! In fact, I'd be surprised if basic life support (lighting, heating, air circulation, cooking, oxygen generation) could be done on 15 kilowatts, leaving nothing left for propulsion.

There is also a discrepancy in maximum claimed speeds submerged vs surfaced. On the surface they are claiming 16 knots, from two 1100 horsepower diesels. Submerged they are claiming 10 knots from 1000 horsepower. Just guessing here, but my gut feeling is that total drag submerged would be about two times the drag experienced on the surface. It's been a while since I knew these things for sure... but I think power required for the same speed goes up as the cube of the drag (double the drag requires 8 times the power for the same speed.) So if that is right, and 16 knots on the surface requires 2200 horsepower, that same speed submerged would require more than 17,000 horsepower. It doesn't seem reasonable that if it could theoretically go 16 knots submerged with 17,000 horsepower, that it could go 10 knots (60% of that speed) on just 6% of that power.

I've decided that I'm not going to send them my $78.000,000 unless they can answer these discrepancies. Of course, the real deal breaker might be if I demand they install an empeg at no additional charge.

tanstaafl.








"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

What the heck? So we kill off the super-rich. No big loss

DiGNAN

I get the vague feeling you know something about this, Doug...

One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015

I was lookin to install my empeg on to my motorbike. Apparently vibration isn't an issue, but mounting position is difficult, either face up in a pannier (which i've been told is a no no) or horizontal under the seat. Would still need to find some form of amp to power the headphones, and some form of remote control. Anyway, too manys problems and not enough time so the project's bee shelved for the time being.

Anyway preasure;
1000ft = 304.8m
preasure at 304.8m = 30.48 bar + 1bar for atmospheric preasure.
so preasure would be 31.48 bar or 456.47 Psi (if you like it in old numbers)

Ah, here is Doug again earning his sig .

Well, they do actually build some submersibles (but with far less spectacular specifications)...

BTW, don't some modern nuclear submarines actually sail[1] faster when submerged (due to lack of drag component caused by generating bow wave)? Then again, this $78M contraption looks like semiplaning when on surface, which should require far less power than diving with all those sticking bits...

You think those foot thick lexan hemispheres could not withstand 30*2.2*2.54*2.54 psi? Well, perhaps not, especially at joins with the rest of the hull :-(

Anyway, heck, Doug, you have spoiled my daydreams

[1] Is 'sail' the right word when there is not a periscope or snorkell, not to mention mast or sail, above water? It's similar to ancient Informix DB admin question: is Informix-OnLine online even when it is offline?

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

don't some modern nuclear submarines actually sail[1] faster when submerged (due to lack of
drag component caused by generating bow wave)?

Yes, they do go faster submerged. But I think it is because at depth, as the water becomes more pressurized, the propeller can do more work, put more energy into the water before it begins to cavitate.

I have heard that a modern nuclear submarine can attain speeds approaching 50 knots submerged. Of course, they have a bit more than 740KW of power available for propulsion.

You think those foot thick lexan hemispheres could not withstand 30*2.2*2.54*2.54 psi?

At more than a million kilograms total load on each one, I think not.

Just for my continuing education, though... what is the formula behind your math "30*2.2*2.54*2.54"? Let's see... the 2.54*2.54 is no doubt going from square centimeters to square inches... what's the 30*2.2? I think I used to know how to calculate water pressure at depth, but it's been such a long time...

tanstaafl.





"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

what's the 30*2.2

1000 feet ~ 300 m
pressure rises approx 1 atmosphere (1kg*g/sq cm) per 10 m depth (g=9.81 m/s/s)
1 kp (kg-force, kg*g) ~ 2.2 lbf
so, pressure rises approx 2.2 pounds per sqare centimeter per 10 m of depth

(I should have used furlongs somewhere, but I could not remember how much is that - 220 yards?)

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

(I should have used furlongs somewhere, but I could not remember how much is that - 220 yards?)

Stop it, you're encouraging him.

Doug, pretend you didn't read that.

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Tony Fabris

I get the vague feeling you know something about this, Doug...

Not really... I like novels about submarines ("Run Silent, Run Deep" has to be the all time classic) but mostly I am cursed by an overly analytical temperament. If I read a sci-fi novel, and the heroes go to the moon at a continuous acceleration of .7G, I have to stop reading and work out the math to see if the author got it right (4.2 hours assuming zero velocity when they arrive). Watching a movie where the bad guy takes off in his car, tires squealing on a dirt road makes me crazy. And when I see claims involving numbers, particularly numbers that have to correlate with other numbers, I can't rest until I check them out. A little Newtonian physics, a bit of knowledge about drag and power from my flying days, and a bit of common sense, and suddenly things don't add up so well.

One of my all time favorites is the pirate move, where the pirates pick up the chest full of gold bars and load it in their dinghy and row across the bay. Well, if the chest were three feet by two feet by two feet (12 cubic feet) it would weigh... let's see, 3*2*2*(1728/231)*167 pounds, or close enough to 15,000 pounds (about 6800 kilograms) as not to matter. About $45 million worth at modern prices.

Now, I challenge anyone to figure out what "3*2*2*(1728/231)*167" is all about!

It's a good thing we never get off topic on these threads, isn't it.

tanstaafl.



"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"