<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Nice report Scott! Looking forward to images.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>The O ring advice is noted, as well as your comments on the Kittredge motors, very informative.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18.66px; font-style: normal; background-color:
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<div><font size="3">Hey, Scott,</font></div>
<div><font size="3">Thanks for letting us share vicariously in your test
dives. The details are helpful for all of us. What was the air temp
when you launched, and how was the heat inside
<i>Trustworthy</i>?</font></div>
<div><font size="3">Jim</font></div>
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<div>In a message dated 5/5/2014 9:17:29 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
personal_submersibles@psubs.org writes:</div>
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<div>Yesterday my wife Katy and two other friends took Trustworthy out for a
series of dive tests. Pictures to be posted soon. We went down 21feet at
deepest point for about 30 minutes on the longest dive. We did a total of 5
dives. The dives went into the night and I got a great chance to use my saddle
lights, work lights, and head light. The light placement and power on
Trustworthy were perfect for lighting up the under water veiws for passenger
and myself. The 55watt halogen work lights and saddle lights and the 2,000,000
candle power head light were the perfect amount of light. Unlike Trustworthy's
first test this time I was properly weighted for freash water after adding
325lbs in landing skid weights and extra drop weights. I got to do alot of
motoring around and after some practice, started to get the hang of it. After
spending some time getting used to things, I gotta say I love the Kitteredge
motors. They have so much power which is nice when you get caught in current
or wind and they respond instantly even with the sub weighing 4,500 lbs. I
used my bank selectors (hp air, O2 air, and battery) and I love them. The
benifit of draining one tank or battery bank at a time is so nice. The
underwater comms worked good with the acception of a loud ringing noise which
I believe a squelch adjustment would fix. We did have a few minor problems to
note. I had a leak from the autimatic cabin equilization valve. Later
remembering all "O" rings on the sub were the high quaility ones from McMaster
Carr and this one was a cheap one intended for home plumbing. It worked fine
on the first dive last fall, but sitting over winter it cracked a little.
Moral of the story, use good "O" rings. We also are having some weird problems
with the sonar. It was reading a depth from 8' to 320' wildly so something is
wrong. I am thinking it might be a connection between the transducer and
screen. Also experienced a space problem when jamming the 50lb tub of sodasorb
in the storage compartment. I am going to repack the sodasorb in sealed
plastic bags prepacked size to fit in the scrubbers and then it will fit very
easily. One new mod I am going to do is put a cabin light in the conn. The two
red/white cabin lights in the main cabin work well, but while the pilot is in
the conn and it is dark, you can't read check lists well or read the digital
depth gauge in the conn. I found myself using a flash light alot.</div>
<div>The siteings on this trip were</div>
<div>*zebra muscles</div>
<div>*rocks</div>
<div>*mud</div>
<div>*a large cat fish</div>
<div>*little worm things swimming to our lights (I think baby fish)</div>
<div>*a little bass</div>
<div>*tons of confused Kansans almost crashing their boats while
stareing</div>
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<div>Thanks for reading,</div>
<div>Scott Waters</div>
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