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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Hi James,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Another successful mission. We'll all be looking
forward to those pics and videos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Jim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/27/2014 7:35:55 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
personal_submersibles@psubs.org writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Congrats James!</DIV>
<DIV>-Scott Waters </DIV>
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<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject:
[PSUBS-MAILIST] Jodie-B dives at last.<BR>From: James Frankland via
Personal_Submersibles<BR><<A title=mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org
href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>Date:
Tue, May 27, 2014 3:23 am<BR>To: <A
title=mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org
href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR><BR>
<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
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<DIV>Managed to get my boat in the water this weekend at last. I used
the crane again to lift in and out. My trailer needs some modification
before i can use it. Plus the crane is a lot easier just for initial
testing.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I had proper commercial divers and boat in the water this time so i was
doing everything proper. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I attached a temporary wooden bar to the side of the starbord battery
pod and hung weights on that until it was trimmed up sideways. Put
24kg of lead on that side. Then loaded up with lead inside and
eventually put in 160kg (352 pounds) on top of what i'd already put under
the deck and rear tank. Estimate ive added a total of 250kg (550
pounds) of lead both inside out out. Maybe i should get on the pies
and sausages.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Once trimmed up i managed to dive at last. Didnt really intend to
go to the bottom but didnt have a lot of choice on the first ever
dive. Landed on the bottom of the harbour at 6m (20ft). Went up
and down loads of times and got the hang of getting neutral using the
variable tank. Seem to have got the weight about right. Drove
about just off the seabed and found it was quite easy to spin around and
control. Drove around on the surface a bit as well to test surface
running. Again this was ok using the rear thruster.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Some problems. Internal depth gauges didnt work at all, had to
rely on the exterior one. Ive put the pipe work going up so there must
be an airlock. Never thought of that when i was fitting it. Will
probably make an oil bladder. No big deal.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Port side motor stopped working. I thought it might have filled
with water, but when i drained it, it was all ok. Unplugged it and
plugged it back in and its now working again. Not exactly sure what
was wrong there.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Got an air bubble stuck in the forward tank that could not be removed
if the boat didnt go down evenly. A tactical hole should sort that
out.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Quite a bit of corrosion on the dome retaining ring which is not
anodized. Not sure how i can stop that.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'd filled the variable tank with Lanolin to protect it in storage but
although id pumped most of it out before diving, some residue was left and
formed a greasy film on the surface of the water. This got on the
video camera and has fuzzed up a lot of the videos.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Completely forget to test the lights until right at the end. Put
them on for about 5 mins, but not enough time for a proper corrosion
test.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A completely random X girlfriend turned up. I think she was with
one of the divers and didnt realise it was me. I popped out of the
hatch and could see she was suprised "er, hello". That was a bit
awkward.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Divers scratched my lovely new lettering. grrrr</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>All in all a fantastic day for me and i celebrated with several small
pressurised cannisters later in the evening....</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ive got loads of pics and video which i'll send in the next day or so
after ive sorted them all out.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Kind Regards</DIV>
<DIV>James</DIV>
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