<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>Hank, How much positive buoyancy would you have once your in the pod and heading to the surface ? I know you probably wouldn't want to leave Gamma on the bottom, I thought there might be a way to release the pod "unmanned" ;-)</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:<BR>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:27:12 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Alan,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Yes I will ditch Gamma to try the pod LOL. Gamma has a 1.25in flood valve, I will have several hr life support in the pod. I don't want an over pressure in the pod because the hatch will be spring loaded. If anything, I want a bit of negative pressure in the pod. When I tested the pod, there was nothing holding the hatch on except vacuum. The hatch does have a window.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV> <BR><DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, October 8, 2015 12:44 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV>Hank,</DIV><DIV>yes why don't you go through a live test & post</DIV><DIV>us the video\uD83D\uDE0A</DIV><DIV>How long will the air last you in the escape pod?</DIV><DIV>How large is your flood valve, & how long will it take to </DIV><DIV>fill the sub to the point that the pod releases?</DIV><DIV>I think you said you have a snorkel or breathing </DIV><DIV>hole in your escape pod hatch. you could breath through this</DIV><DIV>while the sub filled up with water, but it would be slowly</DIV><DIV>pressurising your escape capsule. If the breathing hole</DIV><DIV>in the escape hatch was oriented so that it was at the top of the hatch</DIV><DIV>when in the attached position, then you could breath through</DIV><DIV>it till the sub filled to about 1/2 way. I think you said you have a view</DIV><DIV>port in the capsule, so you could possibly see the level the sub was filling to.</DIV><DIV>If you breathed cabin air till the half way flood point you would pressurise </DIV><DIV>the capsule to 15psi (33ft) & you wouldn't have any worries about decompression </DIV><DIV>sickness at that stage.</DIV><DIV>Alan</DIV><DIV><BR>Sent from my iPad</DIV><DIV><DIV><BR>On 9/10/2015, at 3:29 am, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>Hank, Yeah, that's what I meant, it orienting with you in it. But there is no way to let it go while your at depth and your in your sub however, since the sub gets flooded - correct? You've got some cold water up there I imagine !</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- <A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A> wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:<BR>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:16:46 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Brian,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Not sure what you mean, I did a pressure test to 638 feet. I am building a test pool to ensure it orients itself properly with me in it and I can test stability at the surface.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <BR><DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 10:40 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> wrote:<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Is there any way to test the pod ?<BR><BR>--- <A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A> wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:<BR>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 04:11:22 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR><DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Brian,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Yes I get in the pod and with the hatch open I pull a rod that connects to the flood valve and open it. I close the hatch immediately after opening the valve. I will have life support in the pod as well as an air supply to fill the stability bladder.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <BR><DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 9:09 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> wrote:<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>Hank, To use your escape pod do you get in and then close the hatch? and then does the sub get flooded?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- <A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A> wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:<BR>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 01:11:07 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV>Progress to date, </DIV><DIV>The welding is complete and as per Sean's suggestion, I ground the weld very smooth being careful to not grind into the head. Next I will rig up the bladder for surface stability and make the cowl to cover the bladder assembly.</DIV><DIV>Hank<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 7:02 PM, xxx xxxxx <<A href="mailto:mp13@live.ca">mp13@live.ca</A>> wrote:<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV>
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