<font color='black' size='3' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Hank,</font>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The Delta dive plane was moved up for three reasons. 1-to keep it from getting beat up on the surface, 2-to get it out of the pilot's line of sight, and 3-to have more room and make it bigger. It definitely works better.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">As a side note, the control lever/penetration arrangement is exactly the same on Delta, with the only real difference being the angle of attack and the upward swept extension rod to the dive plane lever. It's a fix you could do, and might save you having to fool around with thrusters.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Then again, if you are going to be messing around with wrecks...well, fine adjustments at slow and no speed are a very good thing in my experience.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Vance<br>
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Tim,
There is one dive plane mounted at the top of the hull just behind the arm. In
the fourth picture you posted from the convention you can see the mount just
above and behind the top of the arm. There is a rod extending from under the
deck that controls the plane. The dive plane is smaller than the one on Delta
and also smaller than the original on Gamma.
Hank--------------------------------------------
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] dive plane
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Received: Monday, September 1, 2014, 8:36 PM
Hank,
This does make sense, control surfaces must
have water flowing over them (or
attached
thrusters) to do anything. Thrusters alone would work
unless you
are gliding the sub up or down,
then dive planes would do the trick. Would
you upload a photo or two so that we can see
how they are installed?
Tim
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] dive plane
Big dive day today revealed
that the dive plane on Gamma is not very
effective. It takes a lot of speed to work,
makes sense. I am thinking a
thruster at
the end of the dive plane might be beneficial. I am
planning a
dive next weekend to look at the
Anscomb ferry that sank in Kootenay lake.
The bottom of the ship is about 200 feet or a
bit less maybe.
Onward and downward.
Hank
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