. Bill Bibeault Bronco Type XXIII Build

[cgbillb]

David can you see the CIA S-116 I know you have a hard time with small photos but the best I could do.

[cgbillb]

Sorry had to resize it for David

[cgbillb]

Manfred, two items
One when I come back from FL, next week, I will look into the deep deep hole of my computer and find the research I did on the

schlaugboote or as I call them life rafts ,on the

different types of U-Boat
Two I know that translation of the German language is very hard for a lot of people. When I was researching and building Schnellboats, I had a few books in German, it seems that you have a old German and a new German. The girl in Atlanta that was translationing them for me had trouble as she did not known the old German. Is this a true statement about old and new?
Here is a photo of my CIA S-116 great history for people in the S-boats. Hope David can read all this.

[MFR1964]

Bill, that could be true since the crewnumber varies on each boat, by the way, schlaug means tube or hose in german, so there you have your 'pipeboat', a crappy translation in your book.

Manfred.

[cgbillb]

Thank you Manfred I know that different type of U-Boats had different types of lifeboats, I think the type XXI only had 1 or 2 containers, have to look it up.
Bill

[MFR1964]

They mean schlaugboote, they look like a oval donut, which is formed by a rubber pipe form, more or less like the modern dingy.
As David stated, they were storaged inside watertight containers, the funny thing is, inside each life boat there was room for 5 men, my type VII has a total of 6 containers, setting the crew on 30 men, in some chases with more crew onboard they calculated in a fatality rate of 5 men, typical german grundlichkeit

Manfred

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

OK David I understand how it works, thanks , but I don't have the money for one yet maybe later.
Been in bed sick for three days so have not worked on the conning tower
Have a question, was reading about the capture of the U-505 and the crew jump over board with a "Pipe Boat"
Rubber Raft??
Bill

Get out of bed, slacker!

I have no idea. I know they had a lot of pressure-proof containers accessible from the main deck for life-saving gear. But I'm not familiar with the 'pipe boat' term or what it means.

David

[cgbillb]

OK David I understand how it works, thanks , but I don't have the money for one yet maybe later.
Been in bed sick for three days so have not worked on the conning tower
Have a question, was reading about the capture of the U-505 and the crew jump over board with a "Pipe Boat"
Rubber Raft??
Bill

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I would guess he means Backup Ballast System.
Another way to put it is add a gas ballast tank.

Bingo.

https://www.rc-submarine.com/product-page/emergency-gas-backup-system-for-all-subdriver-units

David

[trout]

I would guess he means Backup Ballast System.
Another way to put it is add a gas ballast tank.

[cgbillb]

Tom I need help with David's dictionary, I googled BBS no luck What does BBS stand for,
Bill

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

How about a submarine rescue buoy worth the Money David?

Not the money. The complexity. Be it dropped weight, tethered buoy, or any other 'rescue' device that has to be deployed:

You can bet it will either not work when you want it to, or it will work when you don't want it to. Also, a tether is a propeller fouling hazard.

KISS. If you want a back-up to the SAS, go for the BBS.

David

[cgbillb]

How about a submarine rescue buoy worth the Money David?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

the

battery link monitor not only provides the fail-safe function for loss of signal, it will also fail-safe the boat if the battery drops below the critical voltage. A must have feature on any vehicle using Lithium polymer batteries.

David
OK old man I just order the link kit
Back to the conning tower
Bill

I know it's an expensive item, Bill. But it is money well spent -- a fail-safe, battery protector, and recorder of signal drop-outs, all in one tidy little package.

David

[cgbillb]

the

battery link monitor not only provides the fail-safe function for loss of signal, it will also fail-safe the boat if the battery drops below the critical voltage. A must have feature on any vehicle using Lithium polymer batteries.

David
OK old man I just order the link kit
Back to the conning tower
Bill