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<div>Alan, the Natural Gas Tanks are carbon fibre no steel, and they are for buoyancy. Each tank gives me aprox 500 lbs buoyancy NET.</div><div>I just scored a yellow plastic dock from a friend that is about 8 feet by 8 feet for my next attempt.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, September 10, 2018, 3:10:26 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv9909295876"><div><div></div><div>Hank, </div><div>yep you are right about the challenges of making it look sleek</div><div>with that configuration. You definitely have to protect those propane</div><div>tanks, as if they were hit with a stone in transit any dents could make</div><div>you nervous. Maybe you could have frame protection for the bottom of</div><div>the main ballast tanks to half way up as it is not as critical as the top half.</div><div>Also maybe transition to the curve of the propane tanks, but that would</div><div>mean a fibreglass shell.</div><div>Hope you don't mind all these questions, but I thought you put the propane</div><div>tanks on to counteract the negative buoyancy of the pressure hull, that's</div><div>why I assumed you would be diving on an angle with their placement.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9909295876yqt0116280572" id="yiv9909295876yqt37768"><div><br clear="none">On 11/09/2018, at 8:41 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 style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>Now you can see why it is difficult to make a sleek round body</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Monday, September 10, 2018, 2:13:26 PM MDT, Alan 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:
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<div><div id="yiv9909295876"><div><div></div><div>Thanks Hank,</div><div>I have saved the images as you are building so often I get confused!</div><div>So with the propane tanks at the back you will be diving at an angle!</div><div>( intentionally)?</div><div>Alan</div><div class="yiv9909295876yqt6074382298" id="yiv9909295876yqt53793"><div><br clear="none">On 11/09/2018, at 7:57 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 style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
<div>Alan, here is a picture of the sub with all the tanks on. The square tanks up front are mbt the middle aft tank is a mbt and the back two tanks are carbon fibre buoyancy tanks. This picture is from my mbt test proving the amazing stability.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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