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Hi Alec and everyone, great videos, I too ran into
something with my sub. We were at the pond 2 months ago ,my sub -Dan brewer's
sub and Russ Browns red sub. I went out with a diver and picked a
spot,went to the bottom and watched out the side port at the diver while
trimming the trim tank to come off the bottom. The diver motion that I was 2
feet off the bottom and to go forward, I hit the throttles and bang, I looked
out the front window , I hit Dan's sub. I came to the surface and went to
shore.
I looked for damage and found a curved dent in the
front main ballest tank -I had hit Dan's sub in the lower window retaining
ring.
Dan was moving along the bottom with a passenger
and did not see my sub either. No damage to Dan's sub. Russ Brown's sub
had a valve that was stuck ,so no diving his
sub that day. I did put a small window in my hatch and going to add more windows
to the sub this winter. I am building a bigger sub- my 6 tower windows are at
Gary's shop. Gary is putting his sub back together
with side thrusters and fore and aft ballest tanks.
will be ready for spring and he said will be user friendly. We have 8 subs in
Michigan and 1 is smaller than sergeant peppers and the only way to get in and
out is on a trailer,,so im told by Russ and im still waiting for a picture. I
traded some money and my BUS for a 28' 1966 Owens sea skiff with new motor in
it. It;s a 1 hour ride thru the river before hitting lake Mich.. I have to work
on the boat every weekend this winter to get it ready, Will be able to tow
some subs to lake mich. from a location by the convention next year. Gary
has a video from dan's sub, i will get him to add it to the rest . Got to
go---Les Katschor
From: Smyth, Alec
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:36
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] more
videos
OK, this is fun so here go some more...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZY3xxKQdp0
Dan
H's technique for launching Persistence. As far as I'm concerned Dan sets the
standard both in construction and operation. Take a look at all the safety
precautions like flags to mark the trailer underwater, wheel chocks, and a
towing strap as backup to the trailer tongue. His team operates like a pit
crew that has no need to rush. The hinged clamp on his trailer is a great way
to secure the sub while staying dry. Dan, I hope you don't mind me posting
material about you. If you prefer me to remove this for whatever reason, I'll
do so immediately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g70A6o7SaKs
Persistence
diving. I handed my camera to Mad Pirate Shin with a wide angle lens screwed
on, and he got some good footage! The sounds have suffered a lot in YouTube
compression but are still accurate enough to give you a pretty good feel for
being there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kozMO0FDbyI
OK,
now I'm getting silly. A disconnected microphone left me without audio, so I
used text-to-speech software to dub the movie. Since it came out spooky, I
added spooky music to make it extra spooky. There's actually very little to
see in this one, but behind the mood manipulation the narration is completely
factual. There was also a big lesson learned for me. The silicon sealant
around the dome turned out not to have cured except on the surface. Inside it
was completely liquid, and it extruded into the hull causing a leak at depth.
Lesson learned... use Sikaflex 295, NOT silicon sealant for
viewports.
If anyone else has videos to upload, it occurs to me it
would be pretty cool to add a video links section to the
website.
cheers,
Alec
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