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Old 04-25-12, 08:35 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Jan Kyster View Post
They're hinged at the front... the problem would rather be closing them...
I didn't mean the hull doors, but the front doors of the tubes themselves. They open outward, partly because they act as caps and can't go inward, and partly to make sure they seal under pressure.
http://www.maritime.org/fleetsub/tubes/chap3.htm
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