[PSUBS-MAILIST] "Torpedo"-build

[Marc de Piolenc via Personal_Submersibles]

If you regulate your activities based on what a paranoid government 
agent might perceive about them, you have surrendered your freedom 
without a fight.

Build it!

Marc de Piolenc

On 9/13/2016 2:25 AM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> Hi Lasse,
>
> You're very well regarded here, we all know you and have for a long
> time. But may I suggest that in today's world someone who did not know
> you and came across such a project (for instance a Youtube video of it)
> might not react the same way? There are people whose full time job is
> spotting security threats, and what is really a completely innocent
> initiative might cause them concern. They can be expected to err on the
> side of caution with regulations or prohibitions of some sort. In short,
> I would suggest for the sake of everyone, this idea although fun is
> probably not advisable given the current state of affairs. It pains me
> to say so, because I used to build canons and bombs for fun when I was a
> 12 year old, but times have changed.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alec
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Lasse Schmidt Westrén via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org
> <mailto:personal_submersibles at psubs.org>> wrote:
>
>     Hey guys,
>
>     My crew friends at submarine Malen are planning to build a
>     torpedo-ish machine to fool around with in the evenings.
>     We are thinking of taking a scuba-tank, connecting a simple motor
>     from an air drill and connecting a propeller to it. We are planning
>     to use RC for steering and heading hold via a gyro.
>     Have anyone tried and have input on this?
>
>     Cheers, Lasse
>
>
>
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