[PSUBS-MAILIST] Scuttle Valve: Bad Idea

["adteleka@in-tch.com" <adteleka@in-tch.com>]

Why are you guys so hell bent on getting out of your sub. Like you said
Dan, if you have a diver that can come down to assist you why do you
automatically think he has to assist you out of the sub? The best thing you
could ask for is an extra set of hands on the outside to untangle/cut
whatever. Unless you friction welded your sub to some underwater structure,
you pbobably have some serious design problems to deal with, which does not
include adding a suicide valve. Look at Kittredge's book where he talkes
about that guy who couldn't blow his tanks. Or when Capt. K misscalculated
displacement. (Where is Vance Bradley he should chime in on this one) The
sub I am most familliar with, in opperation today, has dived all over the
world over the last 20 years and it does not have a scuttle valve. Did the
designer forget to put one in, of course not, he knows its a bad idea. This
is a classic Psubs example (Jon and Ray have a great site) of where the
thinking stops too short.

Regards,
Adam 

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