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<div>...and perhaps an vertical facing flood lamp for night ops? Or is normal lighting adequate?</div>
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On Mar 21, 2014, at 4:05 AM, Vance Bradley <<a href="mailto:VBra676539@AOL.com">VBra676539@AOL.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Vent from mbt--you do it anyway to slow ascent, then do it some more to hover at fifty feet so the surface support boat can find you. </div>
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On Mar 21, 2014, at 1:21 AM, "Brian Cox" <<a href="mailto:brian@ojaivalleybeefarm.com">brian@ojaivalleybeefarm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;">Is there a preferred method of releasing a big bubble?<br>
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<div>The air bubble to the surface is a time honored practice for sub ops. Much cheaper than all the electronic tracking gear on Alvin.</div>
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On Mar 20, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Alan James <<a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Thanks Hank,</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>I was thinking it would come together fast. Might be a sod to get apart again.</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>Maybe you could use a smaller magnetic coupler for other functions on a submarine.</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>For instance it could be the axle in a drum of cord that the emergency buoy or an ascent</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>warning buoy could be released with. The power of the magnet would stop the drum from</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>rotating & releasing line, but if you pulled the magnet out of the housing slightly you could</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>control the release speed of the buoy & avoid a birds nest in the line. If you had a drive on it</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>it could be set to slip against the buoancy of he buoy but reel in line if there was slack.</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>I've thought that sending up a buoy before ascending would be a good way of warning your tender</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>or any other pleasure craft. The tourist subs in Hawaii send up a huge bubble of air. The tender spots</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, "><span>this & radios an acknowledgement that they are clear before the ascent.</span></div>
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<div><span>Alan,</span></div>
<div><span>The oil filter looking part is the barrier that keeps the water out of the sub. There is a magnet inside the barrier that is connected to the propeller shaft. When you assemble this thing you need to be real carful. The first time I slid the magnet assemblies together I almost lost a finger. If the propeller gets jammed, the magnet drive would slip like a clutch. It would take a lot though, my magnet drive is bigger than it needs to be. The propeller assembly can still drop off in an emergency, that is all the same still. I am pretty happy with the whole conversion, it can not leak! </span></div>
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<div><span>Hi Hank,</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">The part that looks like an oil filter is the covering over a rotating
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;"><span>The second part is the full assembly that fits over the magnet (oil filter) portion.</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;">What sort of force is involved when you put together or pull the two magnetic portions apart?</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;">If you jammed the propellor on something the internal magnet would still rotate</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;">but can it pull apart separating the propellor & it's obstruction from the coupler?</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue,;">I've added a link to the coupler.</div>
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<div>Anyone that may be interested, I posted a couple of pictures of my magnetic drive coupler assembly. It is kinda chunky at about 9in long. I can NOT overpower
the coupler by hand, it is incredible how strong it is. I pressure tested the assembly to 625 psi for one hr with no issues. I will oil fill the shaft tube to lubricate the outboard shaft bearing and protect against corrosion. This was a simple two day conversion with minimal machining required.</div>
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