[PSUBS-MAILIST] Small ballast tanks anyone?

Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Jan 29 19:16:52 EST 2018


Hi David,

Certainly, but could you send me your email pls? Mine is alecsmyth at gmail.com.
The email list hides our addresses.


Thanks,
Alec

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:13 PM, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
>> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
>> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.whoweb.com/pipermail/personal_submersibles/attachments/20180129/23147077/attachment.html>


More information about the Personal_Submersibles mailing list