Tube🌿Timeoh wow, the Titan Sub accident investigation has a bunch of new documents on the US Coast Guard site: https://www.news.uscg.mil/News-by-Region/Headquarters/Titan-Submersible/
looks like the prototype hull failed. i can't really see the crack the report discusses but it looks like some sort of spalling or layer separation.
omg they reused the titanium domes and rings from the prototype!? also they covered the outside of the hull so there was no way to visually inspect it.
final hull testing was done to a safety factor of uhhhhhhhhhhh 1.09. that's more of a danger factor.
ahh yes unplanned environmental testing. this thing was stored, uncovered, outdoors, near the ocean, for 6 months! unbelievable.
more unplanned shock testing. the thing was pointing straight up with everyone in the sub up against the back wall, then it kept slamming into the launch platform for an hour. that must have been miserable.
omg the CO2 scrubber system is just a plastic container (for the chemical pellets) with a PC fan hot glued on top
the onboard computers appear to be off the shelf Neousys Nuvo automotive embedded computers. wow, i've worked with these before.
i'm getting some strong "my first gamer PC rig, what do you think guyz" vibes here
got some cable pr0n for you all. 🤮 who in their right mind would trust their life to this crap. smh.
Darryl RammDamn it is depressing that these fucking idiots got away with crap like this. I've spent a lot of time in aviation. You see occasional stupid crap where owners or builders or the occasional A&P (licensed technician) does something wrong/sloppy/stupid but there are many ways those problems get caught and great mentoring say in the EAA.
Jonathan Hendry"Damn it is depressing that these fucking idiots got away with crap like this."
One of them didn’t.