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j ferguson · 13 November 2008, 04:50 AM

Finally, you don't need 38,000 ping pong balls. it looks as though it takes 16 ping pong balls to displace a pound of water. there's a lot of freeboard on your floats as well there should be, but the floatation is only being provided by the bottom 2/3s. I figure if the baby weighs 1700 lbs, fewer than 27,000 will be needed and the cost will now be less than $2,700.

you would continue to have full inspectibility, AND, if you decided they weren't really needed, t would be easy to get rid of them.

But I concede that it is a nutty idea.

John

13 November 2008, 04:50 AM	#511 (permalink)
j ferguson Forum Ace Join Date: May 2006 Location: Intracoastal Waterway, USA Posts: 581	flogging the dead ping pong ball Finally, you don't need 38,000 ping pong balls. it looks as though it takes 16 ping pong balls to displace a pound of water. there's a lot of freeboard on your floats as well there should be, but the floatation is only being provided by the bottom 2/3s. I figure if the baby weighs 1700 lbs, fewer than 27,000 will be needed and the cost will now be less than $2,700. you would continue to have full inspectibility, AND, if you decided they weren't really needed, t would be easy to get rid of them. But I concede that it is a nutty idea. John Last edited by j ferguson; 13 November 2008 at 06:33 AM.