<div dir="ltr">VERY nice work. This little boat's going to be a whole different animal, and your starting point was already quite a high bar!<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:26 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Thanks' guys,<br>
Pete, this is Gamma with a face lift :-)<br>
Alan, I have looked at some subs with straps holding the dome, even at Nuytco. Dr Phil's deep diving sub has straps, darn can't remember the name of it. I am using straps because I don't trust my engineering to produce the retaining ring for a 180 degree dome. There is not much angle for a ring to grab on a 180 degree dome. As for leaking, I am using an EPDM 1mm gasket under the dome and the aluminum ring has an o ring in it against the reinforcing ring. The straps pull the dome down as tight as I want, so I feel good about it not leaking at the surface. I also have lifting eyes on the straps to help remove the assembly, it weighs 185 lbs. I am still sorting out the rubber to put under the straps. I am using pond liner rubber now for mocking up.<br>
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She's beautiful Hank. What's this ?<br>
<br>
Pete<br>
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On Fri, 4/3/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br>
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Date: Friday, April 3, 2015, 8:12 PM<br>
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Bob,<br>
I have not but I will, I need to clean up my<br>
shop first. :-( it is a big mess.<br>
Hank--------------------------------------------<br>
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[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma bow dome<br>
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That's excellent! <br>
Did you post pictures?<br>
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Bob<br>
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> On Apr 3, 2015, at<br>
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> My new bow<br>
dome is on and I can not<br>
believe how spectacular it is. I<br>
can sit<br>
upright in the front of the sub and operate it from<br>
the front. It is weird to look out because<br>
it is as if<br>
there is nothing there. It is<br>
hard to explain. I will<br>
build new <br>
ballast tanks in the next week or so and I am<br>
back in the water. I am mounting Nemo style<br>
split tanks<br>
that vent from Gamma's<br>
original vent valve.<br>
> Hank<br>
><br>
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