[PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness

Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Fri Jul 24 17:11:37 EDT 2015


Hank, I'm not following. Where does the sphere go and how to you get from
cabin to sphere? I ask because I would have imagined at the stern, but you
have a big prop back there.


Alec

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Brian,
> The pod needs a bit of ballast, enough to keep it upright at the surface,
> but no stability.  The pod will have an inflatable skirt ( truck inner
> tube) around the hatch, that I will inflate before opening the hatch.  The
> tube will be hidden under the fairing between the sub hull and escape
> sphere. The sphere will have O2 and micro scrubber as well as surface
> snorkel.  I will store My emersion suit in the pod.
> Hank--------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 7/24/15, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>  To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Received: Friday, July 24, 2015, 1:27 PM
>
>  Hank,  You have a plan for
>  getting out of the pod ?
>
>  Brian
>
>  --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>  wrote:
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>  From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
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>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>  Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:20:58 -0700
>
>
>  Brian,
>  I think a good fabricator will provide what you ask
>  for.  Edmonton Exchanger is a pretty Kik Ass outfit.
>  Building an escape pod may seem excessive I suppose, but I
>  am just not feeling comfortable at depths that I can not
>  swim out of.  I can build the pod for under 5K, that
>  seems like pretty cheap insurance.  Remember I am not a
>  diver and I will spend most of my time at 400feet.
>  I did consider building a second Gamma, just make a copy. It
>  is much cheaper to build a pod and pretty quick also.
>  I am not sure I could build a replica Gamma by spring.
>
>
>  Hank --------------------------------------------
>  On Fri, 7/24/15, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>
>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>   To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>   Received: Friday, July 24, 2015, 1:01 PM
>
>   Basically what it boils down to is
>   how humanly possible it is to get it as near as perfect as
>   you can.  If you first instruct the fabricators to get
>   it as close as possible, then you need to go from
>   there.  You can always massage it into a perfect sphere
>   by using the proper amount of leverage.
>
>     It seems to me, though, if you're going to have an
>   escape pod you might as well just build another sub for
>  all
>   the trouble it will be worth.
>
>   Brian
>
>   --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>   wrote:
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>   From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>   To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>   Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:04:30 -0700
>
>   I see you are a visual guy like me.
>   Hank
>   --------------------------------------------
>   On Fri, 7/24/15, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>   wrote:
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>    Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>    To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
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>    Received: Friday, July 24, 2015, 12:00 PM
>
>    Hank,   I would
>    certainly say no more that this !  See Picture
>
>    Brian
>
>    --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>    wrote:
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>    From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
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>    To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>    Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness
>    Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:35:08 -0700
>
>    Hi All,
>    Can someone tell me the allowable out of roundness
>    percentage is for a sphere hull.
>    Hank
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