[PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Test

Mon Jun 26 20:47:51 EDT 2017

Hank,
The Aluminaut was constructed in 11,  6.5" thick sections bolted together! Nothing wrong with that engineering.
Keith T.

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-------- Original message --------From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> Date: 6/26/17  5:26 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Test 
Greg,Being a non engineer, I am a copy cat, that is how I built Elementary 3000, I listened to what Sean had to say, I studied Scotts P6 and even duplicated Scott's P6 port and frame.  You could take my port and fit it in Scotts sub.  I stole the port in the Hatch Idea.  The only idea I have had is to glue and bolt the whole thing together.  Trieste has a second sphere from new and it is made from 3 perfectly  machined sections.Hank 

    On Monday, June 26, 2017 5:56 PM, james cottrell via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 I had the pleasure of meeting him at Nat Geo when Jim C was there with the sub and gave a talk. Ron is THE MAN! Probably the most knowledgeable DEEP sub builder today. If you're serious about Titanic, find out EVERYTHING you can about the way he put that sub together.One thing he told me was never used silicone grease on a viewport and added that  "it is the worst". Through testing, Ron discovered that a lot of accepted standards and practices about deep sub construction are actually not correct.
Greg

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Greg,Do you know Ron personally, were you involved with the port?Hank 

    On Monday, June 26, 2017 4:25 PM, james cottrell via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Hank,
The steel that Ron choice was actually much stronger than HY-100. Here is an article you might find interesting-
http://www.ansys.com/-/media/Ansys/corporate/resourcelibrary/article/AA-V6-I3-Deep-Dive.pdf

Greg

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Greg,Thank you for the acrylic offer, that would be great, of coarse I will be looking to you for annealing.  The CNG sphere at 48 in ID and 3.25 in thick  could do it but it would be past the safe woking pressure witch is 4444.8 psi just shy of 10,000 feetThe sphere your talking about was probably exotic steel like HY-100Edmonton Exchanger did say they would press a HY steel head for me but foam is cheaper I think.Pity about the CNG sphere because they have a life of 300 years and I can pick one up in Texas for 8KHank 

    On Monday, June 26, 2017 3:20 PM, james cottrell via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Hank,
I'm surprised to hear you say that the CNG sphere is too light. My "seat of the pants" engineering tells me that a CNG sphere would be plenty. Are you sure its too light? If memory serves me correctly, the sphere that Ron Allum made was 42" OD x 2.5" thick gun barrel steel and had a 1.4/1 safety factor at 38,000 ft.
What thickness acrylic do you need for the port? I'll donate a piece of 4" to the cause if that will help.
Greg

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Greg, I do not have a plan for getting on site.  I have a plan to get there, East Coast that is.  I can haul it cross country myself.Right now it is a dream really, not a plan.  But Elementary 3000 started that way.  I do have it mostly figured out, and I have an EFA guy lined up through Karl Stanley.   I will have two heads pressed and machined at Edmonton Exchanger in Edmonton Alberta.  My original CNG sphere plan is to light.  I think the getting on site part will evolve, I am sure money will make that happen easily.Thanks' for calling it "interesting" and not ridiculous. ;-)Hank 

    On Monday, June 26, 2017 12:01 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Thanks David,I get 7000 lumens. Have a dimmer control for it buthaven't tried it yet.Alan

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On 27/06/2017, at 3:08 AM, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Hi Alan, Looks great!, what Lumens did you get with this design?

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David Colombo

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On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 4:48 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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