<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Brian,</div><div>However you mount it, it will need to be protected from collision.</div><div>You would start descending fast if it ruptured.</div><div>From the beginning I was dubious about your concrete ballast tanks,</div><div>because of the weight in them. Once the air is out of them you have</div><div>a lot of weight in that concrete that is relatively high.</div><div>There is probably no stability issue that you can't rectify by adding</div><div>floatation up high & weight down low, but it ends up as additional</div><div>weight to your sub.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 9/06/2019, at 7:22 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Maybe I could mount it like this ..lol</font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian<br></font><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CNG installed</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2019 10:13:03 -0700</span><br><br><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Raising the tank is definitely what I need to do , just not sure if there is enough space there to make a difference , but it's definitely worth a try before I do anything drastic . I won't start cutting those concrete front wings off just yet. </font></font><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> Just as a side note though, which more of a curiosity , I could have a free floating tank with guides that would float up until it started influencing the buoyancy . </font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Brian</font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2" style=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif"> </font></font><br><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CNG installed</span><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 17:59:45 -0600</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Brian. Just raise the tank as high as possible. Changing to trawl floats will make no difference.</span><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hank<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jun 7, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>Brian,</div><div>Is that faring above the tank a free flooding area & if so can you</div><div>get air trapped in it. There looks to be a foot of space between the </div><div>Tank & faring; can you mount the tank higher!</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 8/06/2019, at 9:16 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Here is a pic of the tank:</font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian</font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><CNG1.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><CNG2.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">_______________________________________________
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