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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] VBT positioning




> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Captain Nemo" <vulcania@interpac.net>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] VBT positioning
>
>
> OOPS!  I was sitting here running this off the top of my head, and I
realize
> I goofed in my math.  Let me clarify what I meant to say...


P.S. to previous message:

Anyway, my point was to show that external ballast tanks add their
displacement to that of the pressure hull and factor into the total
displacement of the boat, while an internal ballast tank does not.  Hope the
math error in my examples (now clarified) didn't throw you off.

Pat