Titan

[tirebob]

My wife and I went down 300 feet off the coast of BC in a prototype submersible a few years back. Obviously not the crushing depths of the Titanic, but it was a pretty insane experience none-the-less... They even let me pilot it for a bit haha!

[littledan]

any deeper and you would have been tireblob

[ExtraSlow]

Q: Does a tire float?
A: Tirebob.

[killramos]

[Gman.45]

The Titan sub had only one access point. Notice how long it took to remove the bolts in order to let anyone out?

There were a lot of screens and electronics on board, and no noticeable systems to vent smoke should anything of them decide to catch fire. There were no aux supplied air breathing apparatus like you see ALL over inside modern submarines just for that reason. Should even one screen or computer/whatever decide to burn up, they would be blinded by the smoke that would have nowhere to go, plus have no secondary/backup breathing systems close to hand, plus should they get to the surface, they are stuck in that thing for however long it takes someone to unbolt the one end and let the egress. Just a few things besides the others in this thread. Insane.

[BokCh0y]

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any deeper and you would have been tireblob

Sorry not funny....but is funny.

[tirebob]

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any deeper and you would have been tireblob

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Sorry not funny....but is funny.

I lol’d!

[ZenOps]

You know its bad when "presumed human remains found".

[bjstare]

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You know its bad when "presumed human remains found".

Yeah, that was definitely the first indicator that "its bad".

[Tik-Tok]

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[SKR]

[ThePenIsMightier]

^LoL!!
It used to be criticized for just shredding the top of your mouth! Now, he's taken it to a whole nother level...

[BavarianBeast]

My fav so far..

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Buying from Boeing, and buying from a guy that works at Boeing who was supposed to throw the rolls in the dumpster are two different things though, and that's what I'm questioning.

Then again, with Boeing being the shithole company it's become over the last decade or so, it wouldn't shock me to find out they are officially selling expired products.

Didn't see @ercchry 's mention until now, was out of town.

Boeing absolutely does resell pre-impregnated carbon that has passed its expiry date for aviation use, last I checked (though that was a few years ago). It's not just some dude dumpster diving, it's a cost-recovery measure for Boeing - it's useless to them as it doesn't meet FAA standards but can be used for other non-aviation uses and by no means are they giving it away, it's still pretty pricey. You need a freezer truck to transport it as well, which adds expense. Our race team looked at buying some but IIRC what stopped us was the minimum order quantity being an order of magnitude more than we had the freezer space to handle. Heard of many other race teams using it, I believe it was popular for some carbon racing boats as well.

With that said, using it for a submersible is pants-on-head insane.

[Tik-Tok]

That's fucking insane. Don't get me wrong I totally understand the idea behind cost recouping expired stuff instead of it going to a landfill, but as I said aviation is strict about component control. The idea that anyone can buy expired pre-preg and resell it is crazy to me.

At some point, that shits going to end up back on an aircraft, and cause a problem for 150+ people, not just 5.

[ZenOps]

Leaked unofficial transcript?

[Buster]