[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma needs a diet

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Alan,
That would work but I want to keep the sub clean on the outside.  Gamma is very slippery the way it is.  I am confident I can shed the weight.  I have been weighing all the bits and it looks doable.  I am also looking at a winter project for Gamma.  I would like to have the arm, and valve and a couple of positioning  thrusters on a common chassis, like the DW's.  I could reduce the weight of the lead drop weight because the entire assembly would be the drop weight.  That also solves the weight problem from the batteries.  I would use the original drop weight screw to drop the new assembly.
Hank
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On Thu, 5/15/14, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma needs a diet
 To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Received: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 8:17 PM
 
 Hank,a
 simple solution would be to just have a
 number of floats like Alec's Snoopy.He
 has them in a tube, but if the floats had attachment holes
 you couldtether
 them & clip them on or off.Alan
 
       
  From: hank pronk via
 Personal_Submersibles
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 May 16, 2014 12:04 PM
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 [PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma needs a diet
    
 Gamma or the pilot needs to go to Jenny Craig.  My new
 AGM batteries weigh 73 lbs each and Gamma has a 60 to 65 lb
 weight budget, per battery. That means Gamma needs to shed
 some lbs before I can take a passenger.  I can switch
 to aluminum scuba tanks, not sure the weight saving
 there.  I can make an aluminum rudder and a few other
 parts also.
 Hank
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