[PSUBS-MAILIST] head strength

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank, have you looked at oil for buoyancy.
That syntactic foam for deep submergence is probably not that
light with it's microscopic spheres. On Alvin they told me the foam
& the testing of it was about $3 million. 
Alan

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> On 23/04/2016, at 2:10 pm, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Hugh,
> Thanks' I wish sometimes I spent more time thinking LOL  
> I am looking for a way to go deeper without the crazy cost for buoyancy, I am looking at different materials for a pressure hull as well as for buoyancy.
> Just fun stuff to think about.
> Hank
> 
> 
> 
> On Friday, April 22, 2016 7:05 PM, Hugh Fulton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hank,
> Smart is what you do.  Get things done.  There are always people who know more about something than you.  Smart is knowing which one to ask.
>  
> What I meant was the thicker the metal the deeper you go.  Same as a car.  Further you push the pedal to the metal the faster you go.
>  
> Just seems as though the next thing you would be doing is designing a sub to go deeper.  That where you are heading?
>  
> I think you are amazing the way you get things done while we all sit and think of it. 
> Regards,   Hugh
>  
>  
> From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
> Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2016 8:45 a.m.
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] head strength
>  
> Hugh,
> I don't get it,  but I always say "I am not that smart, but I can lift a lot"  ;-)
> Hank
>  
> On Friday, April 22, 2016 2:21 PM, Hugh Fulton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>  
> Hank, I think you just found the accelerator pedal on the car. 
> All yours, Sean.
>  
> Hugh
>  
> From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
> Sent: Saturday, 23 April 2016 5:38 a.m.
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] head strength
>  
> Hi Sean,
> I have been studying the head maximum pressure chart on Psubs and found that the pressure rating increases the same amount proportionately with thickness.
> Is there a limit to this?  
> Thank you
> Hank
>  
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