[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles]

Now that is something I would love to try! I've dreamed of a sub in
pool since forever. Cliff, the R-300 is looking finer than ever with
her new thrusters. ~ Doug

On 4/6/17, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles
<personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> Lift felt a bit precarious mostly due to the weakness of the winch.  When I
> was pulling the boom trailer away from the pool, I should have taken it
> quite a fit slower.  Lessons learned!
>
> Cliff
>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:16 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cliff
>>
>> Looks great.  Dedicated sub test pool!  and no grandchildren in sight.
>> Did look a bit precarious on the lift.  But all worked ok.
>> regards
>> James
>>
>> On 6 April 2017 at 14:15, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 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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