<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>You cam have the auto return function for $70-</div><div><a href="http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__48219__Turnigy_T1000FC_Auto_Pilot_System_With_GPS_and_Return_To_Home.html">http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__48219__Turnigy_T1000FC_Auto_Pilot_System_With_GPS_and_Return_To_Home.html</a></div><div> They have it on remote control helicopters so if they loose signal</div><div>their GPS flys them back to the launch point.</div><div>Alan <br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26/05/2015, at 3:15 am, Seaquestor via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<div>Hank, Sounds like you need one of Phil's jet pack Newt Suits, that can fly back to port while you take a nap.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>Date: 05/24/2015 8:12 PM (GMT-08:00) <br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new sub project <br><br><br>Alec,<br>I am not thinking flyer at all. The water clarity would not support the speed. I am thinking of a simple tiny light sub that can launch anywhere even off the deck of my boat. It is just a though right now.<br><br>For now I am enjoying my what seems gigantic bow dome. The visibility is unbelievable, the modification cost and effort has been well worth it. As a bonus, my payload is back to 500 lbs plus. I had to fill the sub with steel plates to get it to sink. :-)<br>Hank --------------------------------------------<br>On Sun, 5/24/15, Private via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new sub project<br> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> Received: Sunday, May 24, 2015, 10:38 PM<br> <br> Indeed! Except mine went<br> vertical only for emergency exit rather than as standard<br> procedure. It was not going to have any freeboard to speak<br> of in vertical mode, so you would climb out in a hurry and<br> watch her sink from under you. The method of going vertical<br> was dropping the emergency weight, which was located at the<br> very front. More than the front actually, it stuck out and<br> constituted your crash bar. The sub was a "flyer",<br> a poor man's Deep Flight. I had her 90% complete when I<br> bought Snoopy, and the flyer project sat untouched for many<br> years while Snoopy took up all my time and served as a<br> classroom. The sub I'm finally finishing up now recycles<br> the flyer hull, but redone to be conventional. Well,<br> conventional in the sense of having ballast tanks and a<br> conning tower - she's actually a pretty bizarre beast as<br> the folks who come to the convention will see! My conclusion<br> was that a flyer must be great fun but requires both<br> unusually clear water and a vessel capable of laun!<br> ching the sub at the dive site. If I owned a<br> mega yacht and cruised the Galapagos, a flyer would be just<br> the thing. But what I'm aiming for now is radical<br> simplicity, whereas the old one was all touch screens,<br> servos, PLCs, and such.<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> Alec<br> <br> <br> <br> > On May 24, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Jon Wallace<br> via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> wrote:<br> > <br> > <br> > Talk to Alec, he was building such a<br> design years ago before he acquired SNOOPY and ultimately<br> decided against it...but I don't recall why.<br> > <br> > <br> >> On 5/24/2015 6:31 PM, hank pronk via<br> Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br> >> Yes,<br> you float it to the dock side, then tip it vertical to get<br> in, close the hatch, tip it horizontal, and your away. <br> Saves building a CT that my 200lb sexy frame can fit into<br> :-)<br> >><br> Hank--------------------------------------------<br> > <br> ><br> _______________________________________________<br> > Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br> > <a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br> <a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>