[PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine

[Vance Bradley]

Maryland and California (Navy) and Texas (southwest research).
Vance

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> On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:14 PM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:
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> So is the design of crush depth of 1750m and test to 1250m the idea? Next question is where can you find a pressure chamber that has 1670psi capability?
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
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> Alan James <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Scott,
> in general people design their boats with a crush depth of
> twice their operating depth, then test them to 1.25 or 1.5 x
> there proposed maximum operating depth.
> So design to 2000 meters & test it to 1250 meters.
> Alan
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> From: swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com>
> To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:29 PM
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine
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> I am playing with the idea of building another submarine. Here is what I am thinking.
> 1) This project needs to be as challenging as the same amount of difficulty as it was to build my first submarine
> 2) I want to have lots of bottom time with my K-350 to learn what needs to be improved on in design and ability.
> 3) Learn to use CAD 
> 4) Project will take 5-7 years to complete
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> My initial goals are
> 1) Hold 3 people
> 2) Weigh 10,500lbs or less
> 3) Depth of 3,300 feet (1000m)
> 4) Have a very effective range of abilities such as a good manipulator arm and tooling
> 5) Have a wide veiwing maybe a acylic dome front
> 
> Ok, shoot holes in the ideas. What will be the main challenges to overcome? What complications am I not considering?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
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