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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I modeled a K350 awhile back. It has a similar hull to K600. I think your displacement for the Main tank heads is wrong. These are semielliptical heads with a 4" skirt. Displacement should be 5.96 cu ft per head x 62.4 ft^3 = 371.9 lbs per head for total of 743.8 lbs not 133 lbs. This would bring your freshwater displacement numbers to 4,127lbs.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I think your battery pod displacements are low as well. For K350, they are 442.5 lbs. Also make sure you are adding displacement for any part that displaces water. I am not sure you have accounted for all parts.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Below is the buoyancy table for the modified K350</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:7f3410d5-e96c-cb8d-4528-14d6f577308e@yahoo.com" class="ydpeeda079fyahoo-inline-image" style="max-width: 800px; width: 100%;" data-id="<7f3410d5-e96c-cb8d-4528-14d6f577308e@yahoo.com>"><br><span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="964" style="border-collapse: collapse;width:723pt">
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On Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 10:45:03 AM CDT, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp90456804yiv9326812754"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp90456804yiv9326812754yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">I'm stuck on a buoyancy issue with the K-600. The operating and service manuals state that the working weight of the vessel (dive ready) is 4500 pounds less operator. However, when I calculate the buoyancy of the vessel based upon it's physical dimensions I don't even come close to offsetting the projected weight as documented by Kittredge. I know the stripped weight of the vessel is 3060 lbs, because I had it weighed at a CAT scale used by truckers which is suppose to be guaranteed accurate.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">My buoyancy calcs (inches) and results in pounds are:</div><div dir="ltr">Main hull - 36 x 72 = 2712.96</div><div dir="ltr">Main tank heads - 36 x .5625 = 66.5 each = 133</div><div dir="ltr">Conning Tower - 24 x 18 = 301.44</div><div dir="ltr">Battery Pod - 12 x 45 = 188.4 each = 376.8</div><div dir="ltr">Battery Pod Tank Heads - 12 x .365 = -1.83 each = -7.32</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Total potential buoyancy comes out to 3516.88 lbs. Deducting the 3060 known weight of the steel leaves 456 lbs of buoyancy however there is easily more than 456 lbs of machinery, electrical, and plumbing components that will be added to the stripped hull. For example, Kittredge used 8 lead-acid batteries with a combined weight of approximately 320 lbs, 200 lbs from three 1-ATM motor containers, 150 lbs drop weight, and then operator weight would produce a combined total of about 800 lbs additional weight not including electrical, plumbing, and instrument components.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So from a weight perspective, 4000 to 4500 pounds sounds reasonable for a dive ready K-600. But with only 3516 lbs of physical vessel buoyancy it would be 500 to 1000 pounds negatively buoyant which is obviously an impossible configuration. Given that we know this submarine dived successfully, what am I doing wrong with my calculations?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jon</div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div>
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