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Brent, you would still have to compensate for the extra weight on the side. even if your pods are far out. you could simply do that by adding lead to the pod on the other side, as long as you maintain positive bouyancy. or you could put a hatch on eather side. that would fix that problem. Cody McMillan Marine Engineer 6046573770 From: brenthartwig@hotmail.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Antipodes/XPC15/PC-1501 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:08:59 -0700 I will have my side tanks out even further then that, so I could mount my hatch that way if I wished. I currently have a CT crash guard in the way of doing that, and I think I want my hinge in the back for the KLH-500. I just finished some FEA work on the acrylic cylinder for the new CT config. a few days ago. It looks like it's a tough beast. Regards, Szybowski To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Antipodes/XPC15/PC-1501 Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:36:15 -0400 From: vbra676539@aol.com That's Pete Hoffman on the right, and he is standing outboard on the port MBT without effecting the trim overmuch, from the look of things. He's not a big man, but the hatch off center and Pete off center combined tell me that the Antibodes is pretty much rock solid on the surface.
Vance
-----Original Message----- From: Jay K. Jeffries <bottomgun@mindspring.com> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 7:22 pm Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Antipodes/XPC15/PC-1501 A hatch opening to the side on a PSUB the size of a K-350 is probably not feasible due to hanging all of that weight over on one side at height will result in a severe list. And some loss of buoyancy will also occur as the opened bottom ballast tanks burp.
R/Jay
Resepectfully,
Jay K. Jeffries
Andros Is., Bahamas
Save the whales, collect the whole set.
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Steve McQueen Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:02 PM To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Antipodes/XPC15/PC-1501 Brent, this is pretty much my CT minus the hatch. The CT bolts on so I guess you can change the hinge position as desired. This is the first orientation to the side I have seen. I was wondering how you could tell that the dogs can be operated from the exterior?
Thanks,
Steve McQueen,
Indianapolis, IN
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