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> this sub was only meant to handle 1300m There seems to be a lot of confusion around this, let me try to clear it up. The 1300m limit of the glass number com
by stickfigure 3y ago
> this sub was only meant to handle 1300m
There seems to be a lot of confusion around this, let me try to clear it up.
The 1300m limit of the glass number comes from an interview with the "whistleblower" in 2018. That would mean it refers to the Cyclops 1 vehicle they had then. A couple years later they built the Cyclops 2, which has the 5" thick hull, titanium bells, and first dove in 2021. That's the ill-fated Titan.
If you pay close attention to the videos floating around you'll notice two visibly distinct subs - one with a large transparent dome in front (v1) and one with the titanium bell and tiny porthole (v2).
EDIT: This video (taken from a commenter on this page) includes film of the previous sub, playing next to the guy talking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSq6ibKKXQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSq6ibKKXQ
- efraim 3y agoThe report by the whistleblower David Lochridge is specifically about Cyclops 2, also called Titan, and the quality control of the carbon fiber cylinder. It also mentions the viewport only being certified to 1300 meters. Some of it can be read in the lawsuit that came from Oceangate firing David. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.262471/gov.uscourts.wawd.262471.7.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.26...