[PSUBS-MAILIST] gamma's arm

[Vance Bradley via Personal_Submersibles]

Yup. Think of it as having a sort of long set of pliers in your hand. It's a very immediate and tactile sensation.
Vance

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> On Sep 21, 2014, at 7:24 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Alan,
> I agree, except you would not have the full range of a true Q ball arm.  You would have total range from side to side but not up and down.  I was genuinely amazed at how well the operator worked that thing.  They were picking up items on the fly!
> Hank-------------------------------------------
> On Sun, 9/21/14, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] gamma's arm
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Received: Sunday, September 21, 2014, 7:11 PM
> 
> Hank,
> I
> investigated the idea of modifying a large ball valve
> to make a Q ball manipulator. It seemed doable
> with the
> right type of valve.
> Alan
> 
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> my iPad
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>> On 22/09/2014,
> at 2:19 am, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Vance,
>> I removed the arm from gamma along with
> the valve and supporting stuff.  Turns out that package is
> chunky, 108 lbs.  Mystery solved!  I have to admit, it was
> a bad idea to mount the valve inside the ballast tank
> area.  A single drop of oil that leaks ends up fogging the
> windows.  As part of my renovation, I am mounting the arm
> and valve to a drop mechanism under the front ballast tank
> along with a thruster package.  The entire assembly
> including thrusters will be jettisoning.
>> Dan Lance gave me a video to watch called
> The dry divers, it shows the Q Ball arm in action.  That
> little arm is quite impressive.  I would like to see the
> plans for it.  I did not realize it actually used an actual
> Q ball.
>> Hank
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