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Preliminary Research and Documentation

The following research and documentation is meant to get this project started. Please consider this a work in progress. Significant work is needed to move this project forward.

 

SeaPod Spar

SeaPodsA areSeaPod is built on a steel spar that forms the main support structure for the SeaPod. The upper part of the spar is made of transparent fiber glass and is inside the seapod. The lower part of the spar is made of steel and supports the SeaPod. 

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Figure 1 - Steel and fiber glass spar

Spars currently have stairs that from the main entrance (level 0) the to the living room and kitchen on level 1. A stair case from the kitchen rises to the master bedroom (level 2). 

 

Pneumatic Elevator for SeaPods

The objective of this project is to design and build a pneumatic elevator that can replace the staircase to enable users to get to both the levels from the elevator.

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Figure 2 - Illustration of a pneumatic elevator that can be installed inside the SeaPod spar.

 

How Pneumatic Elevators Work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Licensing

This project is being developed as an open-source project with the following licensing:

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