<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976065968_3170"><span>Emile,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976065968_3277"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976065968_3322">I agree silt can be a problem, but if I am carful, I can stop before the bottom by adding air to my MBT and then push the sub down.  It has not been a problem.  Also, I have no room because I just added a range extending battery pack behind the pilot seat.  </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485976065968_3277"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></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 dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 11:18 AM, emile via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div>  <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6005166229"><style>#yiv6005166229 #yiv6005166229 --
 
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#yiv6005166229 </style><div><div class="yiv6005166229WordSection1"><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Hank,</span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">  </span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Consider refitting; it so good to have one..</span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">I dive the sub always an few Lbs/Kg to light. Lifting the sub from a lake bottom will create a silt out..</span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">  </span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Br, Emile</span></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">  </span></div><div class="yiv6005166229yqt2129805685" id="yiv6005166229yqt17872"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>Namens </b>hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><b>Verzonden:</b> woensdag 1 februari 2017 2:03<br clear="none"><b>Aan:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none"><b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] internal variable ballast</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal">  </div><div><div id="yiv6005166229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485910802864_5780"><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">Brian,</span></div></div><div id="yiv6005166229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485910802864_5783"><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">I have no VBT in Gamma.  Gamma was designed with a VBT, but early on it was removed.  Gamma is meant to dive 15 lbs heavy, that is according to the operators manual.</span></div></div><div id="yiv6005166229yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1485910802864_5783"><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">Hank</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">  </span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">On Tuesday, January 31, 2017 5:59 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;"></span></div></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;">  </span></div><div><div id="yiv6005166229"><div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hank,     </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">                Do you have a internal variable ballast ?  If so, what kind of capacity does it have?   I think I'm going to opt for a pump for my internal tank rather than compressed air, much easier!</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian</span></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv6005166229MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><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><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt2129805685" id="yqt97249">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psub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