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Hi Dean, Looks like a lot of good progress. I like the longer battery pods. The basic K-350 design, I've heard is a bit nose heavy, so they have to add lead to the stern area. Having the pods and conning tower more forward must be the reason for this extra nose weight. That design configuration I would guess is because George designed and built the first K-350 with out the extra two feet of tube section that is now in the back. Then when he put it in the water for the first time he realized he had messed up on his calculations and needed more buoyancy. So he added the length of tube in the back. At least that is the story I read in his book. Keep grinding and shaping, you'll getter dun. ;}' If you make the sub to heavy, you can always add a couple of feet to the tube section of the pressure hull. You can't ever have enough space. " Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. " ~ Fred Hoyle Regards, Szybowski From: Recon1st@aol.com Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 14:39:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new flicks To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Our two subs are on opposites sides of the coin. Yours is bolted
together etc. with replaceable
parts and mine is one hunk. Any repairs will mean coming back to
shop and hack and whack
then make new. +
I started making the control asm bolt on. Nice easy maint etc and
basically gave up.
Was taking way to much time. I really need to make my spring get it
wet goal.
In my experience making a glass mold is worth the effort if
you are going to make more
than one. All of my glass work is just lay it on and grind it
smooth.
You can see in the one pic of the aft MBT, it has been enlarged
about 10" lower. No magic
just lay on layer after layer of cloth fiber glass lots of grinding
and work. I needed to do this
for the additional battery pod lengths. It got real heavy real fast
in the aft.
Which reminds me, I sure would like to know when the next sub gets
started.
I want to invest in the companies that sell grinding wheels
hehhe
the great frozen North
Dean
In a message dated 2/7/2009 1:18:34 P.M. Central Standard Time,
ShellyDalg@aol.com writes:
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