[PSUBS-MAILIST] bow window

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Vance,
That is a question for the engineers of coarse.  I look at it like the hull is a big conning tower.  Just look how Gamma's CT is built, instead of a hatch it is a flat port.  I know I may be over simplifying it.  The engineers are  probably thinking I am mad but.....  
Hank
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On Sun, 11/2/14, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] bow window
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 Received: Sunday, November 2, 2014, 11:13 AM
 
 Hank,
 It's not crazy at all. I just hadn't
 thought of it. I wonder if the stresses imposed at test
 depth would be too high for the 1/4" hull the thing
 would be welded to. It's an interesting thought, though.
 Something to consider, definitely.
 
 Vance
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Vance,
 Have you looked at a large full size flat port for the front
 of your K350.  I 
 did that with one of my early subs.  I had a 24 inch flat
 port 4 inches thick 
 with a 24 inch protection dome.  The optics were stunning,
 nobody believed it 
 was 4 inches thick.  I checked with Reynolds Polymer and a 7
 inch thick 37inch 
 square unpolished piece is 3,000 dollars US.  Is that just
 crazy talk or what. 
 Hank
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