<div dir="ltr">That was wild for it's tranquility! Normally depth tests are stressful things, ALWAYS in worsening weather and with everything going wrong. You need a big boat and a dozen support divers. A spare support boat in case the first one sinks. A humongous big rope, if possible wound onto a winch about three feet in diameter. There's the tic toc of a timer as the sub builder nervously paces the deck. <div><br></div><div>Are you sure there wasn't just a five pound dive weight dangling on that little yellow string?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div><br></div><div>Alec</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:03 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>First test was all good, Elementary 3000 tows nice and strait but slow. It took me 1\2 hr to go about 1.5 -2 miles. The launching of both boat and sub is also good except I need to make a small change to the front roller the boat sits on, it is to high. The only tough part is installing the 30 hp motor while the boat is in the water. I have to take it slow and it is kinda heavy. I have to install and remove the mother each time I launch and retrieve.</span></div><div dir="ltr">I am going to rig up a slide so that when I pull on the rope to retrieve the sub, a tray will tip out the weights that make it sink. Then the rope will pull on the valve mechanism in case the sub has taken on water weight. It is pretty hard on the hands pulling it up with such a small line, even with heavy welding gloves on. This way it will come up on its own.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div><div><br><br></div> <div 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 dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 3:52 PM, xxx xxxxx <<a href="mailto:mp13@live.ca" target="_blank">mp13@live.ca</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div><div>
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