<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_24991"><span>Alan,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_24991"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_24991" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25110">I like those ideas. I do have two additional 101's that I was going to mount mid-ship at 45-degree angles to provide upward/downward thrust however upon reconsideration I think I'm going to just rely on buoyancy for that purpose and keep these additional motors as spares.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_24991" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_24991" dir="ltr"><span>Jon</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25696" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25695"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25694"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, June 5, 2017 4:01 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25699"><div id="yiv2475402421"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1496752911293_25698"><div>Jon,</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">karl Stanley has 4 thrusters at the back of Idabel.</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">If you left room for another thruster you have an option in the future that</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">would add redundancy & give you more power.</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">I had wondered whether in the event of a thruster failure, if the turning </div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">circle in reverse was tighter than forward, & you could go between forward</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">& reverse & eventually make it back. Another thought was to use a plank</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">that may be part of the sub flooring etc, & leaver it between something at the</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">back of the sub as a jerry rudder! Possibly weld two struts at the back to</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">give you this option!</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature">Alan</div><div id="yiv2475402421AppleMailSignature"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>