In a sub the size of a K-350, if you were to install a side opening hatch and counterbalance the hatches open weight with lead on the other side of the hatch, you then have the sub leaning into the lead-balanced side when the hatch is closed underwater.
R/Jay
Resepectfully,
Jay K. Jeffries
Andros Is., Bahamas
Save the whales, collect the whole set.
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
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.
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.
Save the whales, collect the whole set.
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?
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