Brent,
Give me a day or so to take some better
photos and get dimensions. Yes, the bands are with the end caps. I will send
photos as well. Thanks for volunteering to do drawings as I lack your skill
set at the moment.
Steve
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Brent Hartwig
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 6:26
PM
To: PSUBSorg
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
STANAG NATO standard flange
Greetings Steve,
I see is pays for me to have friends in high
places. :} I totally forgot you had those pods. I would be very
interested in those pictures. Also if your willing and able to take some
measurements I'll make 3D assembly models of them and share them with the
group. Are the SS attachment rings still with your pods?
Regards,
Szybowski
From: psub101@iquest.net
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] STANAG NATO standard flange
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:51:05 -0400
Brent,
I have a battery pod with end caps from
the PC14 series boat. I can send some photos if it helps.
Steve McQueen
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of vbra676539@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 8:27
AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
STANAG NATO standard flange
Yep, 16' long, one piece
on the PC1202 and PC16 boats.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Hartwig <brenthartwig@hotmail.com>
To: PSUBSorg <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 12:38 am
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] STANAG NATO standard flange
Vance, I looked at the pictures I have of the Perry subs, and
I see what you mean. It would be interesting to see some close-up pictures of
the pod caps removed.
Are those teak skids in this picture?
Regards,
Szybowski
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] STANAG NATO standard flange
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:40:35 -0500
From: vbra676539@aol.com
Those are V-clamps, like the ones Sta-Rite and other pool pump manufacturers
use for casing clamps on their pump bodies. That was a standard deal on Perry
subs. Phil doesn't use them, by the way. Even in the old days, Hyco bolted the
pod ends on Aquarius (lots of BIG bolts). The clamps are quick and easy, but
I've seen more than one of them knocked off or damaged. It's really unhandy
when you lift your million dollar Perry out of the water and watch one of the
pod covers go bloop, right into the drink. Let's see. Spares? No, we don't have
another one. Damn. What now? Hmm. Somebody get the Scotch. I need a drink.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Brent Hartwig <brenthartwig@hotmail.com>
To: PSUBSorg <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 6:06 pm
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] STANAG NATO standard flange
Jay, I had been thinking about how the battery pod
caps on the Triton 1000 were being attached, and figured it would be a lot like
the beveled clamping means your talking about. But using a small hinge
like is used on these tri clover clamps we use at the winery to attach and seal
hoses to tanks and what not.
It's hard to make out the hinge on the Triton pods, but you
can see one on the top of the starboard pod in this rendering of the sub if you
look closely and the tightening bolt on the bottom.
High
pressure tri clover clamps.
Regards,
Szybowski
From: bottomgun@mindspring.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] STANAG NATO standard flange
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:58:20 -0500
Did not look closely
at the unit that was on our pier a short time ago but from inspection of the
images, it looks like the mating unit is one or the other but not both. The
two-part clamping ring interfaces with beveled surfaces so that when the
tighter it is drawn together, the more pressure is put on the flat mating
surfaces.
As scarce as the truth is, the supply has always been in
excess of the demand.
So
does that mean they can be locked by both a rotating ring type, as well as a
two-part coupling flange, as it appears this DART unit can? Are
all the outer mating parts of the two-part coupling flange beveled so they
increase the pressure on the seal further as the two clam shells are brought
closer together?
Regards,
Szybowski
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