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Notice the six-point hatch latching mechanism. The
T-handle is attached to the rotating shaft which presumably has another T-handle
on the outside.
Jim
In a message dated 2/15/2011 11:28:16 P.M. Central Standard Time,
jonw@psubs.org writes:
I
had the same thoughts when recently providing some info for Wired
Magazine
which should be coming out with an article on this topic
shortly.
Dealing with ballast tanks and obtaining neutral buoyancy
takes some
getting use to. If you have a sub rated for 250 feet you can
afford
to sink down 30 feet before countering a bad negatively buoyant
trim. In this case where the rated depth is something like nine
feet,
sinking 30 feet before being able to counter bad ballast control
could
ruin your day.
I'm having a hard time imagining the $2
million dollar price tag put on
the sub fabrication though. It looks
like a six foot diameter hull, but
even at 100 feet long I don't see $2
million in costs there.
Jon
On 2/16/2011 12:13 AM, irox
wrote:
> Some more pictures of it here:
>
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/14/100-ft-long-drug-smu.html
>
>
This is the third real alleged drug running sub found and the second
fiberglass one.
> None of which seem to have ever operated. A real
submarine is significantly more
> complex than a boat which runs with
it's decks awash. To get a viable working
> design would require a
strenuous long/in-depth shake down phase to get all the
> bugs and kinks
out of all the systems. I am not sure this could take place
without
> somebody seeing and subs being captured while operating.
I think it's more likely
> that if any of these have operated they have
perished in service.
>
>
Ian.
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