[PSUBS-MAILIST] K-600

[vbra676539 at aol.com]

PC-8 has 3/8" wall thickness on the hull cylinder, the same as the 600, but was rated 200 feet deeper by ABS, even though it has a larger radius (21" as opposed to 18"). The ring stiffeners on the 8 are external and the conning tower larger. Makes you wonder what the deal is for figuring operating depth. Perry went to half inch for PS-2 which was the same boat but rated at 1000'. Hmmm.
Vance


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From: greg cottrell <jgcottrell2002 at yahoo.com>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Sent: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 10:24 am
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] K-600



I thought that George said they were .625" but I could be wrong.
 




From: Jon Wallace <jon.wallace at yahoo.com>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] K-600


It was an engineer hired by the company that commissioned and purchased the 600.  His calculation requirements for the heads came out a little bit thicker than what George had calculated.  I believe George spec'd .5 inch and the company's engineer spec'd .5625 inch.

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On Thu, 10/24/13, greg cottrell <jgcottrell2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] K-600
To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 9:25 AM

George attributed the miscalculation in the weight
of the 600 to second guessing the thickness of the heads.
His original design called for thinner heads but
someone (can't remember who) that George respected
suggested that they should be thicker. George used the
thicker heads and then found that the sub wouldn't
float. He had the hull lengthened by Bath Iron Works to get
the needed buoyancy back. He
said he was amazed at how fast they turned the job around- I
think it was only a few days.
 
Greg
 



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