<div dir="ltr">Hank, I'm not following. Where does the sphere go and how to you get from cabin to sphere? I ask because I would have imagined at the stern, but you have a big prop back there.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Alec</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Brian,<br>
The pod needs a bit of ballast, enough to keep it upright at the surface, but no stability. The pod will have an inflatable skirt ( truck inner tube) around the hatch, that I will inflate before opening the hatch. The tube will be hidden under the fairing between the sub hull and escape sphere. The sphere will have O2 and micro scrubber as well as surface snorkel. I will store My emersion suit in the pod.<br>
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Hank, You have a plan for<br>
getting out of the pod ?<br>
<br>
Brian<br>
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Brian,<br>
I think a good fabricator will provide what you ask<br>
for. Edmonton Exchanger is a pretty Kik Ass outfit.<br>
Building an escape pod may seem excessive I suppose, but I<br>
am just not feeling comfortable at depths that I can not<br>
swim out of. I can build the pod for under 5K, that<br>
seems like pretty cheap insurance. Remember I am not a<br>
diver and I will spend most of my time at 400feet. <br>
I did consider building a second Gamma, just make a copy. It<br>
is much cheaper to build a pod and pretty quick also. <br>
I am not sure I could build a replica Gamma by spring. <br>
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Basically what it boils down to is<br>
how humanly possible it is to get it as near as perfect as<br>
you can. If you first instruct the fabricators to get<br>
it as close as possible, then you need to go from<br>
there. You can always massage it into a perfect sphere<br>
by using the proper amount of leverage.<br>
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It seems to me, though, if you're going to have an<br>
escape pod you might as well just build another sub for<br>
all<br>
the trouble it will be worth.<br>
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Brian<br>
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness<br>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:04:30 -0700<br>
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I see you are a visual guy like me.<br>
Hank<br>
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Hank, I would<br>
certainly say no more that this ! See Picture<br>
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Brian<br>
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] roundness<br>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:35:08 -0700<br>
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Hi All,<br>
Can someone tell me the allowable out of roundness<br>
percentage is for a sphere hull.<br>
Hank<br>
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