From jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com Tue Oct 22 05:06:49 2013 From: jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com (James Frankland) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 10:06:49 +0100 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Message-ID: Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emile at airesearch.nl Tue Oct 22 06:22:33 2013 From: emile at airesearch.nl (Emile van Essen) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:22:33 +0200 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: James , Congrats with the launch!. I was just wondering how far you were Better to light than too heavy.. I hope next time nobody is complaining. I got only positive reactions so far. Emile Ps. Would you come to the mainland if we organise a European convention again in the NL or germany? _____ Van: Member-Forum [mailto:member-forum-bounces at psubs.org] Namens James Frankland Verzonden: dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 11:07 Aan: personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org Onderwerp: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca Tue Oct 22 08:21:22 2013 From: hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca (hank pronk) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1382444482.56512.YahooMailNeo@web120705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Hi James, Well done, that is a fine looking sub.? That was a pretty classy sub test, crane and all.? I am surprised someone complained.? Most people are very interested to see a sub launch and it usually draws a crowd. Hank From: James Frankland To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:06:49 AM Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time.? Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy.? I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go.? Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead.? I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down.? What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement.? So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality.? They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward.? Shame because I was about to load a?pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out.? Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high.? Just need to get some weight at the back.? I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from.? Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day.? Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later.? Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com Tue Oct 22 08:32:16 2013 From: jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com (James Frankland) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:32:16 +0100 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: <1382444482.56512.YahooMailNeo@web120705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1382444482.56512.YahooMailNeo@web120705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I had all permission to use the harbour from the authorities, no problems. They were really helpful and several of them came down to have a look. That area where i was is normally only for fuel tankers so i was well out of the way of people. The complaint came from a dopey member of the public who phoned in saying i didnt have "proper" commercial divers. As this person didnt leave a name, we suspect it is someone who is angry with the harbour authorities for something and just wanted to be awkward with the harbour. As such, they were forced to stop the dive. They did say that if i went and got a commercial diver, i could carry on, but that would have been awkward at short notice. On 22 October 2013 13:21, hank pronk wrote: > Hi James, > Well done, that is a fine looking sub. That was a pretty classy sub test, > crane and all. I am surprised someone complained. Most people are very > interested to see a sub launch and it usually draws a crowd. > Hank > > *From:* James Frankland > *To:* personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:06:49 AM > *Subject:* [Member-Forum] First Launch > > Hi All, > > I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the > pictures up here. > > http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm > > I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really > expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and > a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately > i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still > wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced > to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had > had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that > we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper > comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even > though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a > technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with > harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load > a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. > > The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air > into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that > the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft > tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I > had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. > Again i will trim that up. > > Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting > my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will > see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. > > Kind Regards > James > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Member-Forum mailing list > Member-Forum at psubs.org > http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum > > > > _______________________________________________ > Member-Forum mailing list > Member-Forum at psubs.org > http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com Tue Oct 22 08:35:19 2013 From: jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com (James Frankland) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:35:19 +0100 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi emile, Yes, I would try to come if i could. NL is better for me. Much easier to get to than Germany. I'd have to get a new car, but it should be ok. James On 22 October 2013 11:22, Emile van Essen wrote: > James ,**** > > ** ** > > Congrats with the launch!. I was just wondering how far you were**** > > Better to light than too heavy.. I hope next time nobody is complaining. I > got only positive reactions so far.**** > > ** ** > > Emile**** > > ** ** > > Ps. Would you come to the mainland if we organise a European convention > again in the NL or germany?**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *Van:* Member-Forum [mailto:member-forum-bounces at psubs.org] *Namens *James > Frankland > *Verzonden:* dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 11:07 > *Aan:* personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org > *Onderwerp:* [Member-Forum] First Launch**** > > ** ** > > Hi All,**** > > **** > > I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the > pictures up here.**** > > **** > > http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm**** > > **** > > I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really > expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and > a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately > i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still > wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced > to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had > had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that > we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper > comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even > though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a > technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with > harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load > a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight.**** > > **** > > The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air > into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that > the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft > tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I > had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. > Again i will trim that up.**** > > **** > > Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting > my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will > see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good.* > *** > > **** > > Kind Regards > James**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > Member-Forum mailing list > Member-Forum at psubs.org > http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vbra676539 at aol.com Tue Oct 22 08:40:39 2013 From: vbra676539 at aol.com (vbra676539 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 08:40:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: <1382444482.56512.YahooMailNeo@web120705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1382444482.56512.YahooMailNeo@web120705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8D09D3B0BEDC52A-1EB0-34616@Webmail-m110.sysops.aol.com> Well done, mate. Vance -----Original Message----- From: hank pronk To: PSUBS Member Discussion Group Sent: Tue, Oct 22, 2013 8:21 am Subject: Re: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi James, Well done, that is a fine looking sub. That was a pretty classy sub test, crane and all. I am surprised someone complained. Most people are very interested to see a sub launch and it usually draws a crowd. Hank From: James Frankland To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:06:49 AM Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From swaters at waters-ks.com Tue Oct 22 08:54:53 2013 From: swaters at waters-ks.com (swaters at waters-ks.com) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 05:54:53 -0700 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Message-ID: <20131022055453.49e8347f125ba4e1b2aff75c01b07c1e.f64c5b00c6.wbe@email13.secureserver.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JimToddPsub at aol.com Tue Oct 22 09:12:42 2013 From: JimToddPsub at aol.com (JimToddPsub at aol.com) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:12:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Message-ID: James, Congratulations! Jodie B is a fine looking boat. Being underweight on the first dive seems to be a tradition that goes all the way back to Capt. Kittredge, so you're in fine company. The complaint might have come from a "proper" commercial diver who was miffed that his services weren't being employed. Thanks for all the photos and documentation so the rest of us can participate vicariously. Our appreciation also to your family and support team. Best wishes for continuing positive experience, Jim In a message dated 10/22/2013 7:55:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, swaters at waters-ks.com writes: Congratulations! I had the same problem with the sub being way to light. I had to add about 400 lbs. Thanks, Scott Waters -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Member-Forum] First Launch From: James Frankland <_jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com_ (mailto:jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com) > Date: Tue, October 22, 2013 5:32 am To: hank pronk <_hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca_ (mailto:hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca) >, PSUBS Member Discussion Group <_member-forum at psubs.org_ (mailto:member-forum at psubs.org) > I had all permission to use the harbour from the authorities, no problems. They were really helpful and several of them came down to have a look. That area where i was is normally only for fuel tankers so i was well out of the way of people. The complaint came from a dopey member of the public who phoned in saying i didnt have "proper" commercial divers. As this person didnt leave a name, we suspect it is someone who is angry with the harbour authorities for something and just wanted to be awkward with the harbour. As such, they were forced to stop the dive. They did say that if i went and got a commercial diver, i could carry on, but that would have been awkward at short notice. On 22 October 2013 13:21, hank pronk <_hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca_ (mailto:hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca) > wrote: Hi James, Well done, that is a fine looking sub. That was a pretty classy sub test, crane and all. I am surprised someone complained. Most people are very interested to see a sub launch and it usually draws a crowd. Hank From: James Frankland <_jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com_ (mailto:jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com) > To: _personal_submersibles at psubs.org_ (mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org) ; _member-forum at psubs.org_ (mailto:member-forum at psubs.org) Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:06:49 AM Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list _Member-Forum at psubs.org_ (mailto:Member-Forum at psubs.org) http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list _Member-Forum at psubs.org_ (mailto:Member-Forum at psubs.org) http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum ____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list _Member-Forum at psubs.org_ (mailto:Member-Forum at psubs.org) http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emile at airesearch.nl Tue Oct 22 09:36:00 2013 From: emile at airesearch.nl (Emile van Essen) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:36:00 +0200 Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi James, Would be great to have your sub, mine, Nemo, Eurosub and another new German sub together. If more positive reactions, I will organise it in spring 2014 Vinkeveen (NL) or Hemmoor (D) are very good diving sites. I will remember that it is a 450 Km longer trip for you to Hemmoor Defenders are great tug cars. But with the lighter K350 you have more choice; any Japanse pickup will do. I guess you will keep the possibility of using a slipway and hence need a 4x4 Emile _____ Van: Member-Forum [mailto:member-forum-bounces at psubs.org] Namens James Frankland Verzonden: dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 14:35 Aan: PSUBS Member Discussion Group Onderwerp: Re: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi emile, Yes, I would try to come if i could. NL is better for me. Much easier to get to than Germany. I'd have to get a new car, but it should be ok. James On 22 October 2013 11:22, Emile van Essen wrote: James , Congrats with the launch!. I was just wondering how far you were Better to light than too heavy.. I hope next time nobody is complaining. I got only positive reactions so far. Emile Ps. Would you come to the mainland if we organise a European convention again in the NL or germany? _____ Van: Member-Forum [mailto:member-forum-bounces at psubs.org] Namens James Frankland Verzonden: dinsdag 22 oktober 2013 11:07 Aan: personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org Onderwerp: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time. Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy. I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go. Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead. I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down. What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement. So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality. They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward. Shame because I was about to load a pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out. Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high. Just need to get some weight at the back. I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from. Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day. Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later. Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cliffordredus at sbcglobal.net Tue Oct 22 09:37:21 2013 From: cliffordredus at sbcglobal.net (Cliff Redus) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 06:37:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1382449041.48178.YahooMailNeo@web181701.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Congratulation James!? The first time we get these boats in the water is a special time.? I like the mods you have made to the forward and aft MBTs.? They really change the profile of the boat from the standard K350.? Your next big thrill will be just sitting on the bottom for the first time. ? Regards ? ________________________________ From: James Frankland To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org; member-forum at psubs.org Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:06 AM Subject: [Member-Forum] First Launch Hi All, I got my boat in the water at the weekend for the first time.? Put the pictures up here. http://www.guernseysubmarine.com/operations.htm I didnt get any leaks at all, so i was super happy.? I wasnt really expecting to try and dive and would have been happy with just no leaks and a float test, but everything worked fine, so i gave it a go.? Unfortunately i didnt have enough lead.? I added 90KG (198lb) of lead, but it still wouldnt go down.? What i didnt mention on the website was that i was forced to stop testing because the harbour master came along to say that they had had an anonymous phone call from some bloody do-gooder who pointed out that we were using the comercial area of the harbour and didnt have a proper comercial dive team, which is officially a legal requirement.? So even though i had full permission from the harbour, i was forced to stop on a technicality.? They think it was some missery that has the hump on with harbour and just wanted to be awkward.? Shame because I was about to load a?pile of anchor chain into the boat to get me more weight. The boat did seem to be very light at the back and i kept squirting air into the forward tank to level it out.? Thinking about it, i suspect that the forward tank was settling into the correct position and it was the aft tank that was riding high.? Just need to get some weight at the back.? I had a slight list to port as well which i've no idea where that came from.? Again i will trim that up. Anyway, i was really pleased with how it went on my first day.? Im meeting my divers tonight who took a load of underwater pics apparently, so i will see how they look later.? Might put some on the web if they are any good. Kind Regards James _______________________________________________ Member-Forum mailing list Member-Forum at psubs.org http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/member-forum -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com Tue Oct 29 05:55:43 2013 From: jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com (James Frankland) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:55:43 +0000 Subject: [Member-Forum] K-350 Mods Message-ID: Jon\Joe sent a message yesterday i think regarding suggested K-350 modifications. I would suggest these as critical. 1. Hatch. Opening from both sides. Worst part of the design I think. 2. Hatch bracket. Could do with beefing up, it feels a bit flimsy. Probably could do with some traingular flanges welding on. 3. Variable tank mounting. The way the tank mounts is awkward and doesnt allow any adjustment. Much easier and better would be flat horizontal brackets welded to the battery pods that join to corresponding flat brackets on the vbt. Slotted holes on one of the planes would allow the tank to slide forward and back a little to allow that awkward vent to be fitted easily. Also the tank could be just lifted up and on. Very simple change. I think other than that, other modifications are depending on how much trouble you want to go to and cosmetics. For example, I changed the battery pod endcap seals. I had a real pain trying to make them as per the plans. The way i did them in the end with flanges was a lot easier. But probably nothing wrong with the original design. Skids. I didnt like the ones shown, they would just get all the paint knocked off. Again, probably nothing wrong with the original design. I made all the flanges and protrutions from stainless. Electrical penetrators added to the battery pods to eliminate the ones shown on the plans. The 2 extra downward facing viewports i put in are really good. You could do away with the ones at the back and put them there instead if you didnt want to make too many. The dome of course. Overpressure valve. loads of little modifications. I'm at work, and i better get on with some of it, instead of daydreaming about subs! Kind Regards James -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: