[PSUBS-MAILIST] Hatch and vent

[Alan]

On their site are 3d virtual tours of their submersibles
http://www.uboatworx.com/C-Explorer_2.dhtml?lan=ENG
Some of them take a while to download & some I had a couple of goes at
before I got there.
Alan

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On 17/12/2013, at 1:03 PM, Joe Perkel <josephperkel at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Beautiful images, that one is not the Christ of the Abyss in Key Largo but similar.
> 
> That little sub is aimed squarely at the luxury yacht deck toy market!
> 
> I'll take two please, one for the foredeck, another for the well-deck! :)
> 
> Thanks for those images Jim.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On Monday, December 16, 2013 5:40 PM, Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jim,
> That was quite interesting.
> In the hatch picture they have a stop valve with a bend, then an over pressure
> valve & a manual valve for a final pressure equalisation. This conforms with G.L.
> to that point but I can't see any mechanism that ensures full equalisation before
> the hatch is opened. Also I couldn't see any wiring or mechanism that would relay
> Information that the hatch was open (might be out of view).
> Re Jon's comments about interior colour ; I've heard that dark is the way to go
> to avoid ghosting on the inner surfaces of the acrylic.
> Alan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 17/12/2013, at 9:57 AM, jimtoddpsub at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> $2 million per copy and a 5-foot acrylic sphere open up a whole bunch of options.  I'd certainly take a ride if offered.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jon Wallace <jon.wallace at yahoo.com>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Sent: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 2:41 pm
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hatch and vent
>> 
>> 
>> Location: Key Largo
>> 
>> I notice they had a much calmer sea then we did for Snoopy out on Pickle Reef.  
>> They have a cover over the dome to block the sun prior to diving and I noticed a 
>> huge difference in colors within the sub due to the blue ocean light.  Look at 
>> the VHF handheld radio in front of the pilot before diving and submerged.  I'm 
>> thinking maybe I'm going to want to change my electronic displays to blue 
>> instead of red.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> On Mon, 12/16/13, jimtoddpsub at aol.com <jimtoddpsub at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hatch and vent
>>  To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>>  Date: Monday, December 16, 2013, 3:12 PM
>>  
>>  
>>  All,
>>  
>>  Gizmag had a good article on U-Boat
>>  Worx' C-Explorer 2 sub.  The link below is to a pic
>>  of the hatch latch mechanism and some plumbing which I
>>  presume includes the OP valve.  Lots of other pics
>>  there to scroll through as well.  -Jim
>>  
>>  http://www.gizmag.com/u-boat-worx-test-drive/28878/pictures#9
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