[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma first dive

[Alan James via Personal_Submersibles]

Well done Hank,
that's submarine no 5 or 6 ??. Look forward to some pictures.
Alan


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 From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org 
Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:07 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma first dive
 

Today I took Gamma to Premier Lake and did several dives.  I reached 50 feet on the second dive and my employee took it out for a 20 foot dive.  
The hatch was leaking on the first dive until I got down to 20 feet or so.  Never leaked after that.  No other leaks at all.
ACQ's are amazing and clear as a bell.  I hit the bottom a bunch of times until I figured it out.  
The rudder is very effective and the sub is quite speedy going forward and poor in reverse.  Acceleration is modest but it gets going quite well.
The launch cart worked quite well but was a bit problematic because it floats :-) 
I have a small noise to trace from the magnetic drive coupler area.
All in all a success 
Hank 
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