[PSUBS-MAILIST] sub test

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Great news Brian.
That conning tower will give you instability when it's just out of
the water, but floatation & stability when you are under.
I think you should have gone down as far as you could.
You went down to its most unstable point & didn't fall over!
Great that you don't need the hoist!
Alan

> On 15/08/2020, at 8:42 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
>                   Just got finished with yet another sub test down at the harbor.  Wow !  went extremely well !   This time I felt confident enough to put it in at the launch ramp,  sub very level upon floating it off the trailer.  I had this giant flotation buoy on the front since I wasn't quite sure what to expect !  ( I've been surprised before)  .  Everything seemed fine so I untied the big buoy and let the sub sit naturally.  It sat very level and nice!   Submerged nicely and by the time all the air was expelled I was down.   The first initial test was with the big buoy on the front , then untied the buoy and tried again .  I had a bit of a list going down that got me a bit spooked so I came back up.  But things are looking really good .  I probably could have transitioned through that list and gone down all the way but decided to come back up.  What I want to do is add a bit more ballast lead and then try again.  It's amazing what chopping off 6 feet off the front of your sub will do !!    
> 
> Sorry no video but I do have a few stills that I will try to get up.  But all in all things are finally looking really good.  
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
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