[PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch

[Jon Wallace]

http://salina.com/news/Submarine-Guy-9-15-clone



On 9/15/2013 5:35 PM, Pete Niedermayr wrote:
> Any media links?
> Pete
>
> *From:* swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com>
> *To:* Personal Submersibles General Discussion 
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> *Sent:* Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:21 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch
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> Cool. Thanks guys. I got some good ides how to correct the problem and 
> still not clutter the cabin. I am going to attach plates to my skids. 
> My "T" skid design would work perfectly for this. I am also thinking 
> of useing some lead shot under the floor boards.
> Alec, I was up all night before the launch putting finishing touches 
> on it. We have been working like crazy to make sure it is ready to go.
> It was covered by the Kansas first news and several news papers too. 
> So psubs got some publicity.
> Thanks guys,
> Scott Waters
>
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> Alec Smyth <alecsmyth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Excellent, congrats! You went from asking how to bond your viewports 
> to testing them in just a couple of days, you must be working like 
> crazy getting Trustworthy ready for the convention. Well, as you can 
> see in the responses the boats are typically light. I seem to recall 
> Dan H. or Harold Maynard - a K350 whichever it was - saying they had 
> 400 lbs of lead in the cabin. And remember for salt water you'll need 
> a lot more (3% of your displacement more).
>
> I'm really looking forward to seeing Trustworthy in a few weeks, 
> there's nothing like a shiny new boat.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com 
> <mailto:swaters at waters-ks.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hey guys. I did the first dive in trustworthy. The boat is bone
>     dry with no leaks or even weeping after being in the water for
>     three hours. I did have a few electrical problems due to not
>     getting the grounding bolt area clean enough of epoxy paint, but
>     that is a easy fix. A problem I had was not weighing enough. It
>     was me and a buddy we both weigh 175 pounds or so. The two drop
>     weights are 250 pounds total (same as kitteredge). I ended up
>     putting 100 pounds of lifting weights, about 200 pounds of old
>     jacks and it still wouldn't go down. I had the safty dives stand
>     on it and it went down. After scrathing my head for a while I
>     decided the scuba tanks on the outside which had 100 pounds
>     negative boancy now is close to 0 boyancy so that makes due for a
>     little, of the extra floatation. But what about the extra weight
>     of the jacks and the divers? The only thing I can think of is the
>     tanks were not venting well. I notice they got hydro locked way to
>     easy. It seems like the 1/2 " line is way to small. So the only
>     thing I can figure out is maybe the ballest tanks were not venting
>     all the way. Everything about my sub is built just like the blue
>     prints so that is the only thing I can think of about it being to
>     bouant. Any thoughts?
>     Thanks,
>     Scott Waters
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