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[James Frankland]

Hank,
Is the cable too heavy to attach to a smaller boat?  Like a rubber dingy?
Then you could move the barge out of the way and float about nearby with
only the lighter boat above the sub if it does come up like a rocket?
Just a thought.
James

On 8 February 2014 01:57, hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>  Alan,
> I think the weight of the cable will prevent feeling anything.  1,000 feet
> of cable, that is a long way!   Also the sub may come up on any old angle
> all the way from that depth, it might
>  land in my driveway at home lol.
>
> Vance,
> Your starting to make me nervous :-)  I will send you the first picture of
> it back on the trailer.
> Hank
>
>
>
>  On Friday, February 7, 2014 6:47:39 PM, Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>   Your wife, Hank. Now there's a good option, does she know how
> to operate the ballast valves?
> If the cable started going slack you would know the sub was
> coming up & could get out of the way. just keep tension on the line
> with the boat & as long as there is an angle on the cable you won't get
> hit.
> Alan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 8/02/2014, at 1:33 pm, hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>   Joe,
> My wife, (the brains of the operation)  says the same thing.  I have to
> agree, I can send it down on the cable and bring it up on the cable.  The
> auto pilot Alec sent me is a fantastic back up.  If there is a problem with
> the lifting system, I will just back away and wait.
>
> Hank
>
>
>  On Friday, February 7, 2014 5:27:46 PM, Joe Perkel <
> josephperkel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Hank,
>
> What I don't like about deep water remote testing, is the fact that we are
> testing against the worst case scenario, a sub full of water. The good news
> of course being unmanned.
>
> Therefore to my mind we must be prepared for that worst case scenario,
> meaning being in the best possible position to recover the sub. That means
> heavy lifting doesn't it?
>
> Sending a grapple down a line requires 100% success in making contact, is
> that assured? I don't know I've never done it.
>
> So if I had the means to send it down on a cable, that's what I think I'd
> do.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2014, at 6:08 PM, hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
>   PROBLEM, now that I am getting Alec's auto pilot, I run the risk of the
> sub surfacing violently if it develops a leak and the water sensor tells
> the sub to surface.  If I have my steel barge above Gamma there could be a
> very serious collision.  The other option is to forget the barge and send
> Gamma down with a rope attached as a locator and a way to slide a cable
> down to retrieve it.  The rope only needs a rubber float to locate it.  I
> would put a second auto pilot in that relies on a battery going dead to
> make it surface with a separate hp source.
> What to do hmmm
> The other option is use the auto pilot from Alec without the water sensor
> and have the barge over Gamma with the cable between.  Then there is a
> safety if the cable fell off or what ever, and if the sub fills with water
> I can winch it up.
> Hmm , what do you guys think.
> Hank
>
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