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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Stolen U-boats and other psubs (was: U-571)
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From: Duncan Milne <milned@teckcorp.ca>
To: 'personal_submersibles@psubs.org' <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:20 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Stolen U-boats and other psubs (was: U-571)
It's a
>2 man 500 FSW design based partly on the K350L, (I purchased the plans from
>George Kittredge in 1994), and partly on Phil's Sea Urchin sub, which I
have
>piloted. The hull is 9 feet long, 30 inch diameter and the two conning
>towers are 20 inch diameter, everything of 5/16 inch Type 316L stainless
>steel. Like the Sea Urchin it will have 2 acrylic domes, one in the bow
and
>one on the forward tower. Plasma cutting, (flanges were water-jet cut) was
>done last month, the S.S. ring stiffeners are going to be rolled tomorrow,
>and welding starts this weekend.
>I'll post some pictures in the next month or so. Sure my credit card is
>almost maxed out right now, but as the Nike ad says, "Just do it!"
>Give me a call at 604-984-4498 if any of you guys are heading up this way,
>eh!
>Duncan Milne
>North Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
>
>
Now that is a way to come out of the closet....!!! a stainless psub...
I will be comming out vancouver way this summer sometime, I would like to
see your sub.. Ill keep in touch..
dale.