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Hi Brent,
Just did some homework on "Chinese death trap".
The article says its 1.6 tonnes & calculating
out the displacement of 7 drums thats about right.
Wich means the drums must be his pressure hull
& not an outer ballast tank.
He says he can go to 30ft, but a thick 1.2mm drum
has a crush depth of 16ft. If he reinforced all
the drums half way that would only give him 33ft.
Might be wrong, he might be an ardent follower of psubs.org.
& have built it to ABS standards.
Alan.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 7:21
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Chinese
home-built sub makes the water
Looks to me, like Xiangli has about the same hatch
land height as my original K boat. I've have to ship him some amas.
;}'
" The truth may set you free but first its going
to piss you off. "
~ attributed to Gloria Steinem
Getter Dun,
Szybowski
Save the Nuts,
Collect the whole set
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:16 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Chinese death trap
Here is another
image of the Chinese death trap sub. Looks like he is working on his TV
periscope, the mast seems to be made of a piece of clear acrylic pipe.
Note the red line on the front of the sail, I am guessing that this is his
trim line. As I stated earlier, he is operating with very little
freeboard.
http://www.uniquedaily.com/amateur-inventors-homemade-submarine/
R/Jay
Resepectfully,
Jay
K. Jeffries
Andros Is.,
Bahamas
Save the whales, collect the
whole set.
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