<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463062737135_5266"><span>James,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463062737135_5264"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463062737135_5265">I like option 2 except I would not blank out the ports unless you need another penetrator plate. Rear ports would be nice to see whats going on in the back. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463062737135_5264"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:20 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8529563538"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Option 2. Again, forget about ballast tanks etc. Boat goes the other way around. Viewports added at the new front end. Lockout hatch becomes dome\escape port. Better view. Engine does not have to slide on rails. More work.</div><div> </div><div>Basically I am just thinking at the moment. Workshop still being built. Plenty of time to think but this is as far as ive got. Obviously viewports at the new aft end are blanked off where necessary. </div><div> </div><div><img width="562" height="281" src="cid:NEyjJufuQR8FMBvn4cq8"><br clear="none">​</div></div><div class="yiv8529563538yqt1361279278" id="yiv8529563538yqt50010"><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote">On 12 May 2016 at 14:08, James Frankland <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com">jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Idea 1. Forgetting about ballast tanks, battery pods etc. Just position of engine and viewports. Engine would be on sliding rail to allow access to lockout hatch for emergency escape. Brown thing is engine, red bit gearbox.</div><div> </div><div>Probably the simplest configuration. (I want to keep this boat super simple for speedy build.)</div><div> </div><div>Im at work. Only got MS paint to draw with....</div><div> </div><div><img width="562" height="286" src="cid:1NqGpj2AebddbDdFZoo6"><br clear="none">​</div></div><div class="yiv8529563538HOEnZb"><div class="yiv8529563538h5"><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote">On 12 May 2016 at 14:02, James Frankland <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com">jamesf@guernseysubmarine.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;"><div dir="ltr"><div><img width="562" height="299" src="cid:cSCIviPfVMhU8ia44SJT"><br clear="none">​Hi Hank,</div><div><br clear="none">Not 100% sure yet. I'm just thinking aloud really. I really don't know what configuration to go for with the new sub. Priority 1 is to have a diesel engine.</div><div> </div><div>This is the current configuration. Thing bottom left is lockout hatch. Will send some more of my thinkings...</div></div><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote"><div><div>On 12 May 2016 at 13:24, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote class="yiv8529563538gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;"><div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div>Hi James,</div><div>What do you have in mind for a similar escape pod or similar?</div><span><font color="#888888"></font></span><div>Hank</div></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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