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Chuck: Would you care to quantify the increase in speed and efficiency ? Have you ever had a dive with mixed colour tanks, ie: 1 red and 1 blue ? This setup would, I think, tend to have increased drag on the blue side, or, at least, reduced drag on the red side. One would then have a tendancy to swim in circles in the direction of the blue side. One would have to take extra care in using their compass. Brant On 01/04/98 14:18:07 you wrote: > >Mark, > >After extensive testing of Doppler's and related theories it has been >determined that red tanks cause the least amount of hydrodynamic drag. It >seems that due to the absorption of red light at depth, red tanks will >absorb light rays rather than reflecting them, and as a result fewer >drag-inducing photons are emitted. I've painted all my tanks red and as a >result I am able to increase my speed and efficiency underwater a >considerable amount. > >Chuck > >Mark Pain wrote: >> >> Just a quick Question >> >> I have gained a lot from the discussions here on the list about how to set >> gear up correctly. >> >> I have applied the Hogarthian principles to my rig, together with the >> experience of other dedicated Hogarthians and believe my gear is now safely >> diveable. One question remains. >> >> To be true to the Hogarth doctrine, what color should my tanks be painted? >> >> Mark Pain >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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