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Hi Frank.
> Hi James. I'm
using 4 Minnkota saltwater 101's. They will be pressure compensated with air.
I'm just not keen on the oil compensation method.
Im very tempted to use a similar
method on my K for the side thrusters. But not sure about that yet, i'll
cross that bridge when i get to it. Mind you, this oil compensation method
that people have been talking about seems good as well. I need to do some
more research/thinking about that one..
> Speaking about air, I'm making a
change to the body. I want to add two additional scuba tanks to the outside, and
to keep them covered so there's minimal issues > with entanglement.
I like the idea of keeping things
covered up. The K design while not terrible, i think still has to many
"sticky out" bits for my liking. But not sure quite what i can do about
it. Im thinking of the areas i hopefully will one day be diving and there
are a lot of crab pot ropes that are an entanglement risk, plus we have very
thick and tough kelp which i have a vision of getting tangles around the battery
pods/VBT/Drop weight arrangement. But anyway, i've got to get it finished
first before we start worrying about that!
Hopefully fitting the tower on properly this week.
Cheers
James
> The pictures so far show
the big fin on the back end. I'm adding two rounded tubes to the lower
fin area, so that when the lid is closed there's room underneath for the two
additional tanks. The new shape isn't quite so smooth, but the extra HP air
capacity is required for the increased ballast tank size. I originally had
enough room for the small compensation tank just below the finned cover, so with
a couple of " humps" added, I can fit the two new tanks under there too. This is
in addition to the tanks inside the sub.
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