Comments by "Polar Vortex" (@polarvortex3294) on "OceanGate Titan Hull - Hundreds of Ill-advised Carbon Fiber Grind Spots" video.

  1. My understanding is that the hull was also a bit thinner than they had intended it to be. Seven inches was recommended by someone, but they ended up going with five so that the titanium endcaps (which only would accept five) used on the first Titan could be re-used. Cheapness and shortcuts and guesswork were to be found everywhere throughout that craft!
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  2. But wouldn't leaving the wrinkles in place have been even worse? Couldn't sanding them down have been the best measure to take, given the circumstances, short of scrapping the whole project?
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  3. Well, we still don't know if hull-failure caused the implosion. The hubris of Stockton created other likely suspects that can't be completely dismissed -- like the unrated controversial viewport and its interface with the submersible, along with the glued-on titanium endcaps, which meshed imperfectly with the rest of the carbon fiber craft.
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  4. Fascinating observation.
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  5. Everyone agrees it's bad, in a way. But wouldn't it have been even worse to leave the humps as-is? This would have just made every succeeding layer worse and worse. Seems to me that once they had embarked on their sloppy production technique, the jerry-rigged sanding "solution" to the humps might have been the best option short of scrapping the project altogether.
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  6.  @jfh667  That's pretty clear thinking by you. And the way you lay it out leaves no room for argument. I can only wonder what would have happened if you had been there -- what could they have said to dismiss or refute your words? Sounds like you would have been another one that Stockton fired!
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  7. One reason to care is that there are lessons to be learned from this tragic story. Although I guess Feynman had already learned one of the main ones, as evidenced by his very interesting quote.
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