Sounds good, Alec. Maybe Perkel and I can scrounge up some cheap air fares. Vance
All right! I think the DC contingent is committed to the drive, because this year the Michigan fleet went to considerable expense to drive down to us. I know Grag Cottrell and I would take our subs up for sure. And you're also much nearer to Pierre, so maybe he'll join us too.
Damn, of all subs to run into I wouldn't pick Dan's!
:)
Alec
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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