[PSUBS-MAILIST] Manipulators

[Alan James]

Vance,
a couple of people have mentioned lately the problem of the shifting of
balance as you reach out with a manipulator & have talked about countering it with
trim tanks. Is it a big deal if you go nose down, tail up? Possibly more of a problem working on a 
vertical face than picking something up off the bottom. 
Some of our subs will be a lot smaller than the working subs you were in so the problem would be 
accentuated in our case.
Can you give us some of your experience on this thanks & in your opinion is it worth messing
about with the trim while operating the manipulator.
Alan
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