[PSUBS-MAILIST] K-250 Emergency Buoy Implementation

[Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles]

I concur. Snoopy's mechanism blocks the reel unless released, and I just
did a small redo to that last year because it didn't block it quite firmly
enough. Towing and waves could lead to a big mess of line, and what is more
serious the mess could have prevented the buoy from releasing properly. Now
the reel is more firmly retained.

Alec

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> I'm a cave & ocean diver, and can tell you from experience that having an
> unsecured reel with line coming off it is a real pain and very tangly, even
> when you have hands to disentangle it.  And it could still ruin a dive
> while you're fine-tuning it...
>
> Could you have a locking pin or something that prevents the reel from
> unspooling under normal circumstances, but is pulled out when the buoy is
> released?
>
> Cheers,
> SteveF
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Alec, good point and one I did try to consider.
>>
>> What I like about the reel is that the drag adjustment seems to be pretty
>> robust with a wide adjustment range. Hopefully I can find the sweet spot
>> between free spooling while under tow (or by wave action) and having the
>> float capable of still being able to pull line from the reel when needed.
>>
>> I believe with this design I still have some flexibility if I need to
>> fine tune after some in water experience.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I like the way you pulled that off without the need for any machined
>>> parts, well done. The only thing I wonder about is whether the line bight
>>> could be somehow secured so that the reel doesn't feed out line if, for
>>> instance, you are under tow. Consider things like a bungee cord that
>>> releases along with the float, but constrains the line or the reel
>>> pre-release.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Alec
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles
>>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All, I recently posted my solution for an emergency buoy system for my
>>>> K-250 in the Projects section of our site. It can be found under my
>>>> submissions as K-250 Emergency Buoy. Please feel free to comment.
>>>>
>>>> While I still have bigger fish to fry on my project I find it helpful
>>>> to keep forward progressing the smaller systems when needed.  In this case
>>>> I am trying to identify/add as many of the "attachment" type brackets I can
>>>> think of before re sandblasting and painting the hull this summer.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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