[PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch

[Hugh Fulton]

Belated Congratulations Scott.  Just viewed the launch and your project
photos.  Good luck for the future and good diving.  

 

Regards, Hugh

 

From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org]
On Behalf Of Jon Wallace
Sent: Monday, 16 September 2013 9:58 a.m.
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch

 


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  <mailto:swaters at waters-ks.com> <swaters at waters-ks.com>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
<mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch

 

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  <mailto:alecsmyth at gmail.com> <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> 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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