[PSUBS-MAILIST] bow window

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Lets wait and see what the engineers think.  Cliff is going with a flat port on the R500 I believe.
Hank
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 That's my
 kind of madness.
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Vance,
 That is a question for the engineers of coarse.  I look at
 it like the hull is a 
 big conning tower.  Just look how Gamma's CT is built,
 instead of a hatch it is 
 a flat port.  I know I may be over simplifying it.  The
 engineers are  probably 
 thinking I am mad but.....  
 Hank
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  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] bow window
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  Hank,
  It's not crazy at all. I just hadn't
  thought of it. I wonder if the stresses imposed at test
  depth would be too high for the 1/4" hull the thing
  would be welded to. It's an interesting thought,
 though.
  Something to consider, definitely.
  
  Vance
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Vance,
  Have you looked at a large full size flat port for the
 front
  of your K350.  I 
  did that with one of my early subs.  I had a 24 inch flat
  port 4 inches thick 
  with a 24 inch protection dome.  The optics were stunning,
  nobody believed it 
  was 4 inches thick.  I checked with Reynolds Polymer and a
 7
  inch thick 37inch 
  square unpolished piece is 3,000 dollars US.  Is that just
  crazy talk or what. 
  Hank
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