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== Buoyancy ==
 
== Buoyancy ==
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Scrap iron or lead would make the best ballasts from a physical standpoint, but are expensive.  Concrete and earth are much cheaper.  The trade off is that you need a much greater volume of material to get the same amount of ballast.
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Scrap iron or lead would make the best ballasts from a density  standpoint, but are expensive.  Concrete and earth are much cheaper.  The trade off is that you need a much greater volume of material to get the same amount of ballast.
  
 
== Flooring ==
 
== Flooring ==

Revision as of 16:07, 11 August 2017

Structure

Buoyancy

Ballast

Scrap iron or lead would make the best ballasts from a density standpoint, but are expensive. Concrete and earth are much cheaper. The trade off is that you need a much greater volume of material to get the same amount of ballast.

Flooring


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