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Hi les, Sorry to be so cheeky but I’ve still got my money on
Frank. If I win, I’ll shout you a beer at the convention. Still good of you to question. Chs Hugh. From:
owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of ShellyDalg@aol.com Hi Les. No, I got that message. The shape of the MBT's are a
little deceptive. The majority of the floatation is pretty high. The portion
that's below the center is narrow and is designed to perform like the hull of a
skiff when the boat is surfaced. The models I used allowed me to fill the tanks
with water and I used lead weights ( and some magnets ) inside the
pressure vessel portion to achieve "neutral" buoyancy. With the same weights but empty tanks the water line comes to
about 8 inches above center. This makes the water line fall about 2 inches
above the bottom of the 12 inch windows when it's just sitting on the surface. Now just how accurate the models are at simulating the real thing
is something I won't know until I do my first float test. Frank D.
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