Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkels

["Dan H." <jmachine@adelphia.net>]

Mike,

A rubber ball may get sucked down the tube at depth.  K-subs use hard
plastic.   Instead of a ball, the K-sub snorkel uses an inverted plastic cup
in a stainless tube.  It also had a valve inside the sub to block off the
snorkel when diving.

Dan H.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael B Holt" <tlohm@juno.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snorkels


> I was reading about the development of the snorkel in the German
> boats of WW2.   There are some good drawings of how the snorkel
> works.
>
> But how is it done for psubs?   Just a curved tube with a rubber
> ball in a cage?   Or is there some other approach that works better?
> What's on the Kittredge boats?
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> Mike Holt
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