[PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt in Sweden

Fri Oct 24 07:04:41 EDT 2014

Tim,
I was going to paint Gamma yellow and as I fixed each part I would paint it, then put it away until the sub was ready to assemble.  I painted the hull white as an under colour, then installed the yellow parts to paint it all at once and decided I liked the sub white with the  yellow tail.
Even painted white, Gamma gets darn hot sitting at the surface.  I can't imagine what your black sub is like in the sun.  I doubt grey will be much better.  
Hank  --------------------------------------------
On Fri, 10/24/14, T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt in Sweden
 To: "'Personal Submersibles General Discussion'" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Received: Friday, October 24, 2014, 12:36 AM

 Hank, maybe we should
 just trade submarines.

 The
 tail plane of your sub is yellow.  Is this meant to be more
 of a visual
 warning to tailgating drivers on
 the road, like having a red flag on
 overhanging lumber?

 The study by WorkSafe BC was interesting, but
 florescent green is not on my
 list of
 choices.  Everybody, especially women, say my sub is
 "cute".  Well,
 terrific.  IVC
 deliberately designed it to be just that, a cartoon
 submarine
 to look harmless yet be an
 obviously functional sub.  And they got it right
 as is obvious by the reactions I get from
 people passing by (though some
 thought it
 was a helicopter).  The black looks cool, but heats up too
 much
 in the sun and very poor as far as
 visibility and safety go.  You will note
 in
 the photos I put in the projects area that the black trailer
 is
 practically invisible when only submerged
 four or five feet to launch and
 recover the
 sub.  The sub quickly disappears while submerged in a
 lake.  The
 constant bubbles give it away,
 though.

 I agree with your
 comments about yellow.  Maybe a pale orange, but that
 would completely change the look of the
 submarine... not as cool looking,
 but
 certainly friendlier and safer.  Still, a light grey is up
 there, and
 coupled with the diver flag
 painted on the roof may just do it.  Happily,
 paint is cheap.

 Tim

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org]
 On Behalf Of hank pronk via
 Personal_Submersibles
 Sent: October-22-14
 5:28 AM
 To: Personal Submersibles General
 Discussion
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
 Submarine hunt in Sweden

 Tim,
 I love
 the black on your sub, it really suits it.  I have a better
 idea,
 lets trade trucks.  Picking a colour
 is quite tricky.  I find people don't
 take the sub seriously if it is yellow. 
 Yellow is my favorite, I picked
 white
 because it is more scientific.  I need to add some orange,
 maybe
 inside the hatch and a ring around the
 ct like Alec has.  When there are
 boaters
 on the lake, I feel quite vulnerable because it feels like
 they are
 heading strait at me lol. 
 Hank 
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 On Wed, 10/22/14, T Novak via
 Personal_Submersibles
 <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 wrote:

  Subject: Re:
 [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt in Sweden

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  Received: Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 1:29
 AM

  Flat black looks
 kinda
  cool, no doubt.  But very suspicious
 too.
  Jet-fighter-grey is likely no
 better.  I am  leaning toward a white or
 light  yellow. 

  Hank, since your sub matches

 the colour of my truck, should I paint my sub  to match the
 colour of your
 truck?

  Tim

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 Personal_Submersibles
  Sent:
 October-21-14
  2:57 PM
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  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]

 Submarine hunt in Sweden

 A
  flat black sub is just going to irritate
 the wrong people  and you could
 end up
 asking for a permit  each time you want to take your sub
 for a spin.
  Or just put a big happy face on
 it.

  Hank

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  On Tue, 10/21/14, Alan James via
  Personal_Submersibles
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  wrote:

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  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt
 in Sweden

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   Received: Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 2:16 
 PM

   This could be
 the
   same sub!It
   keeps
 on getting
  lost. It pays to invest in a
 good sonar  system.Alan

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