<div dir="ltr"><div>Yes while sitting on the bottom, I looked at how visible the bottom was, blinds spots and overall distortion. Of course viewing horizontal and up is great view but distorted in that objects look farther away than actual. To the port and starboard side I can see objects on the bottom within about a meter of the boat. Looking forward it much farther out. Directly behind the pilot is a blind spot but I can see to the starboard and port behind. So looking horizontally, I get about a 300 degree view. New LED lights worked great at night. the front and side of the boat is totally lit up. I am thinking about adding two more 5K lights directed backward. This would leave the boat in a pocket of light at night.</div><div><br></div><div>Cliff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:02 AM, 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"><u></u>
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<div>Cliff,</div>
<div>That's just great! Thanks for posting the video. Did you have
an opportunity to evaluate the function of the dome for visibility or distortion
either horizontally or downward?</div>
<div>Jim</div>
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<div>In a message dated 4/6/2017 9:26:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left-color:blue;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2" style="background-color:transparent"><br>Nice! Great job Cliff.<br><br><br>On 4/6/2017 9:15 AM,
Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br>> I look at my boat as a
platform for tinkering. It is after all a <br>> hobby! The problem I have
is that to evaluate a modification, I have <br>> to take the boat to the
lake. I find that transport, launching and <br>> retrieval of the
boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot <br>> time to experiment
with the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I <br>> need help with
launching and retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to <br>> schedule a
local lake dive. When I finally get the boat to one of our <br>>
local magnificent mud holes, I can't see a thing, so I decided to
<br>> build a swimming pool (allegedly for my grand kids!) for dunk
test.<br>><br>> Below is a link to a short YouTube video showing
the launching, <br>> diving and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for
fun. This first <br>> attempt was a bit nerve racking as I could just
see me dropping the <br>> boat and damaging the pool and the boat but in
end, all came out ok. <br>> A fabricated a boom trailer from a set of
mobile home axles and some <br>> scrap steel I got from the local junk
yard. The only issue I had was <br>> the cheap eBay made in China winch
struggled with the load even though <br>> it was rated at 12,000
lbs.<br>><br>> Cliff<br>><br>><br>>
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