[PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy launch

André Eriksen a.erikse at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 20:22:09 EDT 2013


Congratulations from Norway!

-André


2013/9/19 Hugh Fulton <hc.fulton at gmail.com>

> Belated Congratulations Scott.  Just viewed the launch and your project
> photos.  Good luck for the future and good diving.  ****
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> personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] *On Behalf Of *Jon Wallace
> *Sent:* Monday, 16 September 2013 9:58 a.m.
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> http://salina.com/news/Submarine-Guy-9-15-clone
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> On 9/15/2013 5:35 PM, Pete Niedermayr wrote:****
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> Any media links?****
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> *From:* swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> <swaters at waters-ks.com>
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> *Sent:* Sunday, September 15, 2013 4:21 PM
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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. ****
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> 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. ****
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> It was covered by the Kansas first news and several news papers too. So
> psubs got some publicity. ****
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> Thanks guys,****
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> Scott Waters****
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> Alec Smyth <alecsmyth at gmail.com> <alecsmyth at gmail.com> wrote:****
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> 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). ****
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> I'm really looking forward to seeing Trustworthy in a few weeks, there's
> nothing like a shiny new boat. ****
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> Best,****
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> Alec****
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> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:19 AM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:
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> 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?****
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> Thanks,****
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> Scott Waters****
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*André Eriksen*
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