Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] question about general design?

[MerlinSub@t-online.de (Carsten Standfuß)]

Anthony - I make a mistake .. Your discription is for an
scuba diver class licence - right ? 

Sorry .. Carsten


Carsten Standfuß schrieb:
> 
> Hi Anthony
> 
> Were you get this figures ? 200$ for a class certification ? -
> Give me the adress from the socitey with the phone number of the man
> which gives me the ABS or LRS or GL or NV or BV or similar certifcation
> for 200 !
> 
> The last time I ask a class - it 2 times the cost for the big sub
> and about 5 times for the one man.
> Each vale has to be classed, each steel plate needs the
> paper before you work on it, each weld of the pressure hull has to be
> x-rayed, the pressure hull has to be pressure tank tested which
> cost here 25000 $ a day in the test chamber and 25.000 $ for the
> insurance
> for the test chamber. Each pipe has to be go inside the hull with a
> security
> vale, the live support system has to work for days. Everthing needs
> a certification paper - for example a acrylic porthole with
> certification
> from the same company in the same quality cost 2 times the price of one
> without this paper.. I forgot : each drawing has to send to the class
> in 3-4 copies before you start to build anything - you can start during
> the
> time they send you one copy back with there stamps and there red marks.
> 
> Marks like : " Please make the pressure 1/25 inch thicker" - means
> a complete new weight and bouancy calculation...
> 
> The test progamm alone needs weeks.. Maybe in the US the class is
> simpler ?
> 
> I am working on a yard - we work with differnt classes manly with
> LRS (Lloyds register of Shipping) and GL (Germanischer Lloyd).
> 
> 50 $ for the book seems right - for each book.. They have one for
> the submarine, one for the machinery, one for the electric and
> some more for the other items.
> 
> Hope the class office is near your backyard - the want also travel
> cost for the inspections teams..
> 
> see you Carsten - Germany
> 
> > >
> > If you can afford a $15,000 sub you can afford the roughly $500 it takes to
> > get certified ($200 for the class, $50 for the book, $150 for lodging at the
> > dive site that you do your open water dives at and another $100 for gas and
> > gear rental-but costs are variable so you should ask someplace that has
> > classes and do your own math).
> >
> > Anthony