[PSUBS-MAILIST] Small ballast tanks anyone?

David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Jan 29 16:13:08 EST 2018


Hi Alex, do you have any photos. I might be able to use them.

On Jan 29, 2018 12:58 PM, "Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles" <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Due to a design change in Shackleton, I've got a dozen aluminum tanks to
> get rid of. They're good quality, originally off a military vehicle.
> There's 1/2" NPT nozzles at both ends on the heads as well as at the ends
> of the cylinder. I have the end cap nipples plugged and the ones on the
> cylinder are for the air to escape. Also I welded an aluminum pipe into the
> cylinder to allow venting and flooding, and which acts as a downspout to
> prevent burping. These tanks are 9.5" in diameter, 28" long, and provide 68
> lbs of buoyancy each.  I can see them being used as auxiliary saddle tanks
> on a K250, or a raft MBT built up from several small tanks. Twenty bucks
> and shipping perhaps?
>
> Best,
> Alec
>
>
>
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