RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trilobite K-250 on Display at the Aquarium of the Pacific last week

[irox <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

My first thought is that the report is confused and stating
the test depth, rather than the operational depth.

Cheers,
  Ian.


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>From: Brent Hartwig <brenthartwig@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 22, 2008 6:18 PM
>To: PSUBSorg <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trilobite K-250 on Display at the Aquarium of the Pacific last week
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>I see in some places they are calling the K-250 the Great White and others the Trilobite. They are saying it is a two-person sub that can dive to 500 feet. I wonder what upgrades were made to the allow for a greater operational depth.
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> "LONG BEACH - The Undersea Voyager Project
>celebrated its official kickoff Monday, introducing one of its key
>players, the "Great White," a two-person submersible vehicle that will
>explore the Earth's oceans. One of the key missions of the project's studies will be to gauge the health of the oceans. 
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>kickoff, hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific, put the spotlight on
>the smallest of the planned submersibles, which can dive 500 feet for
>up to 72 hours." 
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> http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_11241433?source=rss
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>Regards,
>Szybowski
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>From: brenthartwig@hotmail.com
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trilobite K-250 on Display at the Aquarium of the Pacific last week
>Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:08:04 -0800
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>Greetings SMMOMS,
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>Well Scott was showing off the newly refit Trilobite K-250 last Monday at the Aquarium of the Pacific in California.  There are three pictures you can view from the link below.
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>http://www.underseavoyager.org/index.html
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>Notice the sponsons have two hoses going into the top of them, one for venting and the other I presume for filling with air.  Two free flooding vents in the bottom as well. The bow tank which is painted clear acrylic doesn't look to have a vent line, and I don't see one in the rear either. So I suspect the sponsons are the main ballast tanks.  
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>The plastic hatch ring and hinge was a nice touch Greg added. Looks like they still need to add lead plates to the skids.
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>Before Refit
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>http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/IMG_4573.JPG
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>http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/K250_pic.png
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>http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/K250_pic2.png
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>Regards,
>Szybowski
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