[PSUBS-MAILIST] deep test plan

[JimToddPsub at aol.com]

I was trying to find some information on the  clarity/visibility in Seneca 
Lake.  Didn't find anything specific, but it's  spring-fed (among other 
sources) and has a year around temp of about 39 F except  for the top 10-15 feet 
which warms to 70-80 degrees in the summer.  Seems  that would make it a 
good location for cold-water testing even in the  summer.  You could also test 
how the thermocline affects communication and  sonar equipment.
Jim
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/10/2014 4:31:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
wreckdiver at frontiernet.net writes:

That's  Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen, NY about 30 mi from me.  Same lake We 
dove  Snoopy with Alex and I helped Dan H. do his dunk test at with 
Persistence.


Al Secor



 
  
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Web Maynard built his K-350 and  took Kittredge at his word. He dove it to 
test depth in 100 foot increments.  DOVE IT, mind you. As in, climbed aboard 
and went on down there himself. He  didn't see the problem. The hull was 
okay. He knew that from the start and  figured a guy with a flashlight and a 
handy crescent wrench was safer than  sending all that money down on the end 
of a string. Not everyone's cup of tea,  but it worked just fine. Web just 
shrugged when I raised an eyebrow. "What was  going to happen?" he asked. 
"Piddly little leaks, maybe. Nothing more." And he  didn't even have those. The 
little K just went about its business, pretty as  you please. He did that 
up in the Finger Lakes in New York, one of which has a  500 foot plus hole 
somewhere. Quite a guy, old Web. You gotta love him for  sheer balls. He was a 
professional fire fighter. Plenty of nerve to go around,  those folks.  
Vance


-----Original  Message-----
From: James Frankland  <jamesf at guernseysubmarine.com>
To: personal_submersibles  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
Sent: Mon, Feb 10, 2014  11:02 am
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] deep test plan


 
Speaking of prattling, you guys are still prattling under the heading  
Great White Mods. Gonna be hard for the historians to track this down in a  
hundred years. 
Vance
 
James,
What is your plan for your deep test?
Hank 
 
AHA! new subject title!
 
Plan for the deep test is to take it out to sea and sink it down.   I'll 
rig up some sort of lift bag arrangement to bring it up.  Ive got  60m of 
water fairly close in, plus i can have a diver with it at that depth,  so that 
should be at least a start.  If thats ok, i plan to take it out  to 150m of 
water, which is quite a bit further out.  There is a boat here  that is an 
old navy landing craft (fought in the Falklands war) and has been  fitted with 
a hiab crane.  They use it for shipping stores to the smaller  islands.  Im 
hoping to use that for the big test.  I have to just  ask the bloke at the 
right moment...
 
James
 
 



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