Table 10 Comparison of ballast calculations with sea trial data for dive 50.

From: Study of payload calculation and motion prediction for unpowered diving and floating of deep-sea manned submersible

 

Calculation (kg)

Sea trial data (kg)

Inaccuracies (%)

Diving ballast

230

246

− 6.5

Floating ballast

599

600

− 0.2