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<div>Alan,</div><div>Yes the tanks are well protected in an aluminum frame and then covered by cowls. There tanks are indestructible, they are mounted to cars and trucks and they are very close to new and in new condition. I think they are close to 2 inches thick.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, July 13, 2018, 2:54:47 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv5272486954"><div><div>Hank,</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">will they be well protected against collision?</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">From memory G.L. don't want you to have any external pods that can</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">cause a catastrophic situation if they fail. I.e. if your battery pod fails</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">you should have a large enough drop weight to counter it.</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">Did you consider going for a number of smaller cylinders, as 600lb</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">flotation is a lot to counter if one was ruptured.</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature">Cheers Alan</div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5272486954AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv5272486954yqt0699855532" id="yiv5272486954yqt66122"><div><br clear="none">On 14/07/2018, at 6:09 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Hi all, I bought two 3,600 psi carbon fibre CNG tanks yesterday that are certified until 2032 to provide buoyancy for E3000. I am encouraged by the use of carbon fibre in Ocean Gates new sub. I bought them on Ebay of coarse, so I saved thousands of dollars. I am getting 1260 lbs NET buoyancy for 1,90 dollars per lb This increased amount of buoyancy will allow me to make E3000 a two person sub. The added benefit will be increased stability and improved transitioning from surfaced to submerged. The original added buoyancy requirement was 550 lbs, so you can see the benefits to having 1260 lbs to work with.</div><div>Hank</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="yqt0699855532" id="yqt27090">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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