<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>80cf Aluminum. It would probably be smarter to use steel.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Scott</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br>Land N Sea <landnsea1@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:<br>
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<div>Scott, what size HP tanks are you using, 80,s?</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="swaters@waters-ks.com" href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com">swaters</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 28, 2013 5:29 AM</div>
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<div>My first time in the water was discovering the weight needed. Once I knew
that then I attached it to the landing skids and the drop weights. I also have a
storeage compartment in the sub that allows up to about 200lbs, but that is
mostly reserved for salt water trade off ballast from freash water. I calculated
the scuba tanks moving to the out side to move a negative 84 lbs interior to
close to neutral when moved to the outside so I need to ad another 84 lbs to
compensate. Most of the passenger trim for me is done with the VBT.</div>
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<div>Scott Waters</div>
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<div><font size="3">I'm locating the HP's on the exterior for several reasons, but
of course anytime you move something to the exterior you increase the
displacement and therefore the amount of weight required to submerge the
vessel.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Adding or subtracting
exterior weights is fine prior to launch, but a real pain once you're in the
water.<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> It's not always easy to
add interior weights either when the sub is in the water. I still have to
come up with a way to conveniently stow and secure up to 250 lb of lead inside
to compensate for different size pilots/passengers or diving with no
passenger.</font></font></div>
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<div><font size="3">"Sub Design: A Study in Trade-Offs"</font></div>
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<div>Hatch closure from both sides deffenetly a good one. I would say adjustable
exterior weights. I hate the idea on chucking weights on the floor and then
sitting on them. I am torn between that and moving the hp air tanks to the
exterior to allow alot more room on the inside.</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 75%; COLOR: rgb(87,87,87)">Sent from my U.S. Cellular©
Smartphone</div></div><br>hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>>
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be for a k sub or alike. My vote would be for a hatch closure from both
sides.</span></div>
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<td valign="top">I just love the world in which we live! Look what I found
while waiting to take my daughter to school,.. <a href="http://www.quickparts.com/QuickQuote.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.quickparts.com/QuickQuote.aspx</a><br><br>Isn't
that just the coolest thing! The Star Trek synthesizer in the real
world.<br><br>Joe<br><br>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for
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<td valign="top">Never thought much about doing it at small scale.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I suppose I would set up something like a wood
lathe or a potter's wheel <br clear="none">and work in some very soft
material like low-density foam. Once I had <br clear="none">the shape that I
wanted, I suppose one could pour a mold around the <br clear="none">master,
melt or dissolve out the pattern and cast the final part in some <br clear="none">suitable plastic, or even in aluminum if you were ambitious.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">3D printing seems like the ultimate way to do
it, though - the accuracy <br clear="none">available is already better than
what we would need, and if the inital <br clear="none">results are not
perfect, making changes and printing out another <br clear="none">prototype
is very quick.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Marc<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 10/28/2013 6:13 PM, Joe Perkel wrote:<br clear="none">> How
can a home builder maintain that contour 360 Deg out of "X" material?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Joe<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Sent from my overpriced<br clear="none">> iPhone<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Oct 28, 2013, at 2:57 AM, Marc de
Piolenc <<a shape="rect" rel="nofollow">piolenc@archivale.com</a>>
wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> Quick clarification: a
properly contoured Kort nozzle, MARRIED TO A MATCHING PROPELLER, will
increase static and low-speed thrust. Of course it won't increase power,
since that comes from your motor. If you just put a shroud around your
existing prop, you will be disappointed, and a shroud that doesn't do the
job is overpriced unless it's free! Key ingredients for success:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Prop matched to the shroud<br clear="none">>> Shroud matched to the speed and thrust requirement of
the vehicle<br clear="none">>> Motor matched to the resulting prop<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Marc<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> On 10/28/2013 8:33 AM, Jon Wallace wrote:<br clear="none">>>><br clear="none">>>> What is the cost of
having a true Kort nozzle machined by a CNC? I think<br clear="none">>>> a 30% improvement in thrust for $30 would be great
but I suspect<br clear="none">>>> machining a Kort is going to
equate to many hundreds of dollars, if not<br clear="none">>>>
reaching beyond a thousand. When I look at the Snoopy underwater
videos<br clear="none">>>> it is difficult to imagine a kort nozzle
really making any difference in<br clear="none">>>> the operational
experience given that the motors are operating very<br clear="none">>>> slowly and pushing Snoopy around at about 2 knots
(estimated). The<br clear="none">>>> props are designed for
power, but that's what we want underwater. True,<br clear="none">>>> a kort nozzle would increase that power but what
is the return on the<br clear="none">>>> cost? In other
words, on a road with a speed limit of 30mph and no<br clear="none">>>> passing zones it doesn't matter whether you have a
1.6 liter or 5.4<br clear="none">>>> liter engine under the hood
does it?<br clear="none">>> --<br clear="none">>> Archivale
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Translations (ProZ profile): <a href="http://www.proz.com/profile/639380" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.proz.com/profile/639380</a><br clear="none">>> Translations (BeWords profile): <a href="http://www.bewords.com/Marc-dePiolenc" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bewords.com/Marc-dePiolenc</a><br clear="none">>> Ducted fans: <a href="http://massflow.archivale.com/" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://massflow.archivale.com/</a><br clear="none">>>
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