<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463141116284_5580"><span>Hi James,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463141116284_5578"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463141116284_5579">I have not tested the pod in the water with the inner tube inflated. I had planned on building a test pool but that never happened. The idea with the pod is to use it once I have radio contact with the surface. I would ditch once I know there is help on the surface to keep the pod stable. I know the words "inner tube" make it sound ammeter but this is a commercial grade American made tube. I will bet it is every bit as good as any collapsable ballast system on a professional built sub. I think I will change how I describe it to "inflatable skirt" haha. I had thought about increasing the dia of the sphere to match Gamma's hull dia, increasing the buoyancy greatly. Then the pod could be very stable with ballast weight. The problem is I have to drag all that weight behind my truck, so I opted for the minimum size.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1463141116284_5578"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" 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 size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, May 13, 2016 1:55 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0893638384"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Hank,</div><div><br clear="none">Many thanks for that. Very interesting tour of your sub. Escape pod is such a good idea. Have you tested the inner tube floatation thingy? Maybe you could do a test. take the pod off. Get in and get some divers to weigh it down to sink it to the bottom. Then release the weights and practice bobbing up to the surface with the inner tube? just a thought. Would be nice to see how it works and feels in a controlled way.</div><div><br clear="none">anyway, thanks again for the video.</div><div>regards</div><div>James</div></div><div class="yiv0893638384gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv0893638384gmail_quote">On 13 May 2016 at 02:21, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv0893638384gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv0893638384yqt4215595794" id="yiv0893638384yqt46143"><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>Hi Tim,</span></div><div>Sorry no head, pilot relief bottle though. I need to find a spot for the coffee maker though.</div><div><span>Hank</span></div> <div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></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><div class="yiv0893638384h5"> <div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> On Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:06 PM, T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> </div></div><div><div><div class="yiv0893638384h5"><div><div><div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Thanks for the tour, Hank!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Where's the head?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Tim</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></div><div><div><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentColor currentColor;padding:3pt 0in 0in;"><div><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org">personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:15 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fw:</span></div></div></div><div> </div><div><div><div style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">James,</span></div></div><div><div style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Here is a video of the interior of Gamma, lots of stuff missing you will get the idea.</span></div></div><div><div style="background:white;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;">Hank</span></div></div><div><div><div><div><div style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">On Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:00 PM, xxx xxxxx <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mp13@live.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:mp13@live.ca">mp13@live.ca</a>> wrote:</span><span></span></div></div><div style="background:white;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span> </span></div><div><div><div><div style="background:white;"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwoOLFIZUk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwoOLFIZUk</a> <br clear="none"><img width="196" height="110" src="cid:JynFsQRjY6DhWwxoOivk" border="0"></span></div></div></div><div style="background:white;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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