<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>Hank, It's no big deal cutting an access hole, that is the bottom of the ballast which is open anyway, the only reason I have it sealed off right now is so I can pressure it up to find leaks.</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] more Esmae video<BR>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:13:34 +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>Vance is dead right! don't cut into your MBT yet. I can't tell you how many times I made a mess trying to solve a problem. I resisted make big changes with Elementary 3000 only to discover I had built the sub perfectly and just had it over weight. Weird things happen. Just strap the weights on first, you will learn a lot from that. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <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, April 14, 2016 3:02 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>I've got plenty of room in the bottom of my concrete ballast structure to put lead, which is actually slightly lower than the bottom of the sphere. Just looking at the video I need enough to sink the top half of the sphere. That works out to be around 2000 lbs or so of lead. Volume of sphere is 65 cu ft. Then I'll have to make sure it sinks evenly longitudily , so I may have of spread the weight out a bit or add to the nose. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> Just scored about 1000 lbs of lead at the boatyard ! A wrecked sailboat keel ! We'll make it work !</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org<BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] more Esmae video<BR>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:20:29 -0400<BR><BR>
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</DIV><DIV><FONT size="3">Brian,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3">Alec imparted some education to me one time on roll
control. When he added side ballast tanks to Snoopy, I asked why he had
mounted them so they were partially above the waterline when surfaced. He
explained that when the vessel rolls to one side, the tank on that side then
becomes more submerged and provides more "lift." Simultaneously the tank
on the other side rises and provides less lift. The net effect is
automatic roll dampening.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size="3">Jim T.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/14/2016 9:18:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
personal_submersibles@psubs.org writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Alan, Going to add a lot of weight to the bottom of the
concrete ballast , at the very bottom. Need to cut an access hole in
that area so I can put lead bars in there and bolt them in.</DIV>
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<DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Alan
via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To:
Personal Submersibles General Discussion
<personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] more
Esmae video<BR>Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:17:46 +1200<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Another interesting video Brian.</DIV>
<DIV>I see what you mean about the stability.</DIV>
<DIV>Pity you couldn't have sunk her completely to see how stable </DIV>
<DIV>she was once that big conning tower was under the water.</DIV>
<DIV>What's the next step?</DIV>
<DIV>I am not sure I am getting all the posts so apologies if I'm
doubling </DIV>
<DIV>up on any one else's comments.</DIV>
<DIV>Alan<BR><BR>Sent from my iPad</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On 13/04/2016, at 10:19 am, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles
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<DIV>Hi All,</DIV>
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Here is some additional video made by a friend of mine:</DIV>
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<DIV><A title="https://vimeo.com/162570037" href="https://vimeo.com/162570037">https://vimeo.com/162570037</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Brian</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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