[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[via Personal_Submersibles]

Cliff,
That's just great!  Thanks for posting the video.  Did you have  an 
opportunity to evaluate the function of the dome for visibility or distortion  
either horizontally or downward?
Jim
 
 
In a message dated 4/6/2017 9:26:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
personal_submersibles at psubs.org writes:


Nice!  Great job Cliff.


On 4/6/2017 9:15 AM,  Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
> I look at my boat as a  platform for tinkering. It is after all a 
> hobby! The problem I have  is that to evaluate a modification, I have 
> to take the boat to the  lake.  I find that transport, launching and 
> retrieval of the  boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot 
> time to experiment  with the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I 
> need help with  launching and retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to 
> schedule a  local lake dive.  When I finally get the boat to one of our 
>  local magnificent  mud holes, I can't see a thing, so I decided to  
> build a swimming pool (allegedly for my grand kids!) for dunk  test.
>
> Below is a link to a  short YouTube video showing  the launching, 
> diving and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for  fun.  This first 
> attempt was a bit nerve racking as I could just  see me dropping the 
> boat and damaging the pool and the boat but in  end, all came out ok.  
> A fabricated a boom trailer from a set of  mobile home axles and some 
> scrap steel I got from the local junk  yard. The only issue I had was 
> the cheap eBay made in China winch  struggled with the load even though 
> it was rated at 12,000  lbs.
>
> Cliff
>
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs

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