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[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi James,I have not tested the pod in the water with the inner tube inflated.  I had planned on building a test pool but that never happened.  The idea with the pod is to use it once I have radio contact with the surface.  I would ditch once I know there is help on the surface to keep the pod stable.  I know the words "inner tube" make it sound ammeter but this is a commercial grade American made tube.  I will bet it is every bit as good as any collapsable ballast system on a professional built sub.  I think I will change how I describe it to "inflatable skirt" haha.  I had thought about increasing the dia of the sphere to match Gamma's hull dia,  increasing the buoyancy greatly.  Then the pod could be very stable with ballast weight.  The problem is I have to drag all that weight behind my truck, so I opted for the minimum size.Hank 

    On Friday, May 13, 2016 1:55 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
 

 Hi Hank,
Many thanks for that.  Very interesting tour of your sub.  Escape pod is such a good idea.  Have you tested the inner tube floatation thingy?  Maybe you could do a test.  take the pod off.  Get in and get some divers to weigh it down to sink it to the bottom.  Then release the weights and practice bobbing up to the surface with the inner tube?  just a thought. Would be nice to see how it works and feels in a controlled way.
anyway, thanks again for the video.regardsJames
On 13 May 2016 at 02:21, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Hi Tim,Sorry no head, pilot relief bottle though.  I need to find a spot for the coffee maker though.Hank 

    On Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:06 PM, T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
 

 Thanks for the tour, Hank!Where's the head?Tim  From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:  James,Here is a video of the interior of Gamma, lots of stuff missing you will get the idea.HankOn Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:00 PM, xxx xxxxx <mp13 at live.ca> wrote:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwoOLFIZUk 
  
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