Vance and Frank Thanks for the input.
I took great care in cleaning and no bubbles etc.
Will watch close and report any problems.
Water intrusion should be at a minimum due to overlap
Damage for sure would be a problem but then in these tanks it
is unavoidable. My outer hull is designed to take a good hit and
the MBT's should be able to survive a lot. Followed basic auto crash
methods fold up and absorb the energy
Frank your fill method sounds cool. Sort of like the old days when I
was taught Leading on auto body, have to play with that.
If nothing else I have learned that my second sub will be a lot
easier to build hehhe
Dean
In a message dated 5/16/2008 2:34:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
vbra676539@aol.com writes:
HYCO
used glass cloth bedded in epoxy resin to cover their high tensile hulls, but
left everything transparent to watch out for water intrusion, the deadliest of
enemies. Glassed to the hull sounds like a problem waiting to happen, to me.
I'd keep a good eye on it, as I know you
will.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From:
Recon1st@aol.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Fri, 16 May
2008 10:20 am
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Kittredge MBT question
I fiberglassed mine to the hull. Did I mess up?
My experience with glass says it sticks real good and is very
durable.
I layered glass under the tank to fill the gaps and then glass over it
onto the
hull 1/4 inch thick or so. I would think this is plenty strong. As I
build the outer hull I planned
on reinforcing to the tank to make it as rigid as possible
And along these lines will normal Auto body bondo etc hold up under
pressure?
I planned on smoothing out a few welds with it for better paint
adhesion.
Dean
In a message dated 5/15/2008 3:46:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
vbra676539@aol.com writes:
Urethane is a good tip--I cussed steady scraping room temperature
vulcanizing off that thing. Vance
-----Original
Message-----
From: Dan. H. <jumachine@comcast.net>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent:
Wed, 14 May 2008 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Kittredge MBT
question
Vance,
Like Alec said, It's two inch channel on the
prints.
I used urethane to seal the fiberglass
shell to the hull and a stainless steel strap cinched down over
that. I used stainless steel bolts to attach the fiberglass to the
channel support frame. No flex at all!
Dan H.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:21
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Kittredge
MBT question
Dan H and all,
Captain George has 4" channel on his
prints for the main ballast tank supports. Seems a might excessive to me.
Did you cut this down? It seems like I remember a tripod support on
Patience. Yes, no? What size material did you use? I'm rebuilding this
one, and the old stuff is long gone, but it looks like 2" was used,
originally, also three legged. Do you think that will take enough flex
out? And I'm not using the honking big aft thruster this time, so won't
need to support that extra tonnage in back. I'm going to build a bottom to
the tank that will tie into the shells I have, then wrap around the
structual steel and extend downward in the middle--not quite like yours,
but similar. The idea being to get this thing done with and in the water,
of course.
Vance