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Vance
Is this the arm that looks like a pair of Braai
(barbeque)tongs.The one if I recall was about using a pool ball in a ball
valve fitting ? .Are you going to use aluminum tubing ?
Is your mbt's going to be 4 compartments for
trimming?Or just fore and aft.Why don't you like hydraulics? Do you want to keep
it simple?
what do you think of the subconn 2 point power
contacts for thrusters or do you think its better to make ones own?
I sound like a question mark.
GlenSa
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Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 9:15
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First
submarine dive
Glen,
The tanks are .125 inch 5000 series aluminum, rather than SS. I won't
have the rudder and whatnot, as I am reconfiguring propulsion with four fixed
thrusters somewhat like Aquarius and the Deepworkers. We'll see how well that
works out. All my air and oxygen is outside, so weight really isn't an issue
for that. My sub is an elderly K-250 that Captain Kittredge upgraded to a 350,
so my pods have enough room for eight 12 volt batteries, four to the
side. I'm hoping that will be enough. At this juncture, I'm betting we can
make the rotary joint mechanical arm work well enough so that I can avoid
hydraulics. For shallow water, I'm hoping it will.
Vance
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