[PSUBS-MAILIST] Trustworthy Dive Report

Mon May 5 12:59:03 EDT 2014

Nice report Scott! Looking forward to images.

The O ring advice is noted, as well as your comments on the Kittredge motors, very informative.

Joe
On Monday, May 5, 2014 10:29 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Hey, Scott, 
Thanks for letting us share vicariously in your test 
dives.  The details are helpful for all of us.  What was the air temp 
when you launched, and how was the heat inside Trustworthy? 
Jim 

In a message dated 5/5/2014 9:17:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
personal_submersibles at psubs.org writes: 
Yesterday my wife Katy and two other friends took Trustworthy out for a  series of dive tests. Pictures to be posted soon. We went down 21feet at  deepest point for about 30 minutes on the longest dive. We did a total of 5  dives. The dives went into the night and I got a great chance to use my saddle  lights, work lights, and head light. The light placement and power on  Trustworthy were perfect for lighting up the under water veiws for passenger  and myself. The 55watt halogen work lights and saddle lights and the 2,000,000  candle power head light were the perfect amount of light. Unlike Trustworthy's  first test this time I was properly weighted for freash water after adding  325lbs in landing skid weights and extra drop weights. I got to do alot of  motoring around and after some practice, started to get the hang of it. After  spending some time getting used to things, I gotta say I love the Kitteredge  motors. They have so much power which is nice
 when you get caught in current  or wind and they respond instantly even with the sub weighing 4,500 lbs. I  used my bank selectors (hp air, O2 air, and battery) and I love them. The  benifit of draining one tank or battery bank at a time is so nice. The  underwater comms worked good with the acception of a loud ringing noise which  I believe a squelch adjustment would fix. We did have a few minor problems to  note. I had a leak from the autimatic cabin equilization valve. Later  remembering all "O" rings on the sub were the high quaility ones from McMaster  Carr and this one was a cheap one intended for home plumbing. It worked fine  on the first dive last fall, but sitting over winter it cracked a little.  Moral of the story, use good "O" rings. We also are having some weird problems  with the sonar. It was reading a depth from 8' to 320' wildly so something is  wrong. I am thinking it might be a connection between the transducer and  screen. Also
 experienced a space problem when jamming the 50lb tub of sodasorb  in the storage compartment. I am going to repack the sodasorb in sealed  plastic bags prepacked size to fit in the scrubbers and then it will fit very  easily. One new mod I am going to do is put a cabin light in the conn. The two  red/white cabin lights in the main cabin work well, but while the pilot is in  the conn and it is dark, you can't read check lists well or read the digital  depth gauge in the conn. I found myself using a flash light alot. 
>The siteings on this trip were 
>*zebra muscles 
>*rocks 
>*mud 
>*a large cat fish 
>*little worm things swimming to our lights (I think baby fish) 
>*a little bass 
>*tons of confused Kansans almost crashing their boats while 
stareing 
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>Thanks for reading, 
>Scott Waters 
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