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Steve, did you notice that some times they bolted on
the CT so the hinge goes to the side of the sub? I had not seen that
before.
Vance, that hatch has two separate locking dogs that
can be operated in or outside the sub, with a viewport in the center. It reminds
me in some ways or Nemo's hatch. But Nemos hatch only has one dog at the
front. I've seen a good number of subs now with just on locking point for
the hatch, like Idabel. To make that work, they just make the hatch hinge
so that it binds on the seal enough at the hinge side to make the
hatch seal at the surface when the one locking means is engaged. Paul Moorhouse
used only two dogs on his latest sub, the S301. I can see that
the Antipodes hatch could of had a larger OD viewport installed in it. Does that
look like it's a Perry built hatch?
Boy the Antipodes is like the Energizer Buddy. It
keeps going, and going. It's had more refits then Cher.
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Brent
From: Brent Hartwig
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:56 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Antipodes/XPC15/PC-1501 Hey Steve,
I was just talking about the Antipodes sub with the
New Zealand Subdudes, to see if I could find out what was currently going
on with it. It used to be called the XPC15 when it was being refit by
Marlin Submarines. Before that I gather it was called the PC-1501. Thanks for
the data.
Brent
Does anyone know Pete Hoffman associated with
Subdive.com and the http://www.subdive.com/index.html Thanks, Steve McQueen, Indianapolis, IN |
