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<DIV>Hank,</DIV>
<DIV>Do you have room in your MBTs and reasonable access for small trawl
floats? That wouldn't give you all of the additional needed buoyancy, but
it could make a contribution if they could be secured where they would not
interfere with anything including visibility. <A
href="http://trawlworks.com/floats.htm">http://trawlworks.com/floats.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV>Maybe some iteration of lithium is in your future.</DIV>
<DIV>Jim T.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/15/2014 7:52:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
personal_submersibles@psubs.org writes:</DIV>
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face=Arial>Alan,<BR>That would work but I want to keep the sub clean on the
outside. Gamma is very slippery the way it is. I am confident I
can shed the weight. I have been weighing all the bits and it looks
doable. I am also looking at a winter project for Gamma. I would
like to have the arm, and valve and a couple of positioning thrusters on
a common chassis, like the DW's. I could reduce the weight of the lead
drop weight because the entire assembly would be the drop weight. That
also solves the weight problem from the batteries. I would use the
original drop weight screw to drop the new
assembly.<BR>Hank<BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>On Thu,
5/15/14, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles
<personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR><BR>Subject: Re:
[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma needs a diet<BR>To: "Personal Submersibles General
Discussion" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Received: Thursday, May
15, 2014, 8:17 PM<BR><BR>Hank,a<BR>simple solution would be to just have
a<BR>number of floats like Alec's Snoopy.He<BR>has them in a tube, but if the
floats had attachment holes<BR>you couldtether<BR>them & clip them on or
off.Alan<BR><BR> <BR> From: hank pronk
via<BR>Personal_Submersibles<BR><personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>
To:<BR>personal_submersibles@psubs.org <BR> Sent: Friday,<BR>May 16,
2014 12:04 PM<BR> Subject:<BR>[PSUBS-MAILIST] Gamma needs a
diet<BR> <BR>Gamma or the pilot needs to go to Jenny Craig.
My new<BR>AGM batteries weigh 73 lbs each and Gamma has a 60 to 65
lb<BR>weight budget, per battery. That means Gamma needs to shed<BR>some lbs
before I can take a passenger. I can switch<BR>to aluminum scuba tanks,
not sure the weight saving<BR>there. I can make an aluminum rudder and a
few other<BR>parts
also.<BR>Hank<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Personal_Submersibles
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