<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div>Alan,<br />It won't work unless there is a check valve between the second stage regulator and the ballast tank. Okay to complicated, bad idea.<br />Hank <br /> <br clear="none"><br /> <div><br /> <div style="font-size:0.9em;"><br /> <hr size="1"><br /> <b><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span><br /> </b><br /> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>; <br clear="none"><br /> <b><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span><br /> </b><br /> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>; <br clear="none"><br /> <b><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span><br /> </b><br /> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] new video <br clear="none"><br /> <b><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span><br /> </b><br /> Thu, Aug 27, 2015 11:36:09 AM <br clear="none"><br /> </div><br /> <br clear="none"><br /> <table
 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><span>Alan,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440673788233_2986"><span>I am not sure if my </span>idea will work .  When I sink Gamma, there is an air bubble remaining in the ballast tank, the size  is determined by the weight of the sub.  If I have a first and second stage regulator feeding air to the ballast tank, the regulator will feed air into the ballast tank as I sink keeping the bubble the same size while I sink.  Right now it is completely manual and takes practise but it works.  I can use both systems ( manual or regulated) by simply turning the air supply on or off to the external regulators.   With the regulator system, I would not have to worry about keeping the sub at an ideal
 weight.  </div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440673788233_2986">Hank</div> <br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yqt1649066208" id="yqt52696"><div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:03 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1047596452"><div><div>Thanks Hank,</div><div>must be this one, the umbrella dive.</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"
 href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sflIEnkTth4">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sflIEnkTth4</a></div><div>Sent a reply to your post about using a second stage attached to your</div><div>ballast tank, but it didn't come back to me.</div><div>not sure how it would work!</div><div>Alan<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv1047596452yqt7882620191" id="yiv1047596452yqt69389"><div><br clear="none">On 27/08/2015, at 1:30 pm, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1047596452yui_3_16_0_1_1440638982967_2475">made some dive<br /> video's today, posted one on youtube under Hank
 Pronk</div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yqt7882620191" id="yqt10294">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"
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 id="yui_3_16_0_1_1440673788233_2986">Hank</div>  <br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div class="yqt2388334806" id="yqt46867"><div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Thursday, August 27, 2015 12:03 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div>  <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv1047596452"><div><div>Thanks Hank,</div><div>must be this one, the umbrella dive.</div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"
 href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sflIEnkTth4">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sflIEnkTth4</a></div><div>Sent a reply to your post about using a second stage attached to your</div><div>ballast tank, but it didn't come back to me.</div><div>not sure how it would work!</div><div>Alan<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv1047596452yqt7882620191" id="yiv1047596452yqt69389"><div><br clear="none">On 27/08/2015, at 1:30 pm, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv1047596452yui_3_16_0_1_1440638982967_2475">made some dive
 video's today, posted one on youtube under Hank Pronk</div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yqt7882620191" id="yqt10294">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank"
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