• Fauxreigner@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I have no idea if they actually had spares, but there’s something to be said for having three $30 off the shelf parts over one $200 custom part, provided that failure isn’t immediately catastrophic.

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        1 year ago

        Ahh, good to know, thanks! So we can scratch that off of the list of stupid things they did, although the lack of a transponder beacon and a surface egress option are still pretty high on the list.

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          Even if they were to surface. The latch is only able to be opened from outside. So unless they are found they will still die in 40 hours.

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          At least they seem to have had several ways of surfacing, including at least 2 options without power and 1 deadman switch kinda situation with hooks releasing ballast after a certain amount of time.