<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hi Brian,</div><div>In the video I thought the strap around the sphere looked looser</div><div>than the strap at the back. The crane operator should have had them</div><div>slack, shouldn't he!</div><div>So what's the plan to go forward?</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 10/05/2019, at 9:43 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><font size="2">Hi Alan, </font><div><font size="2"> That video with me rocking back and forth was with absolutely no lead ballast in the bottom, so it was very unstable at that point. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"> It's basically too heavy, so I can reduce the lead ballast somewhat, but if I take too much out it will be more unstable during the transition stage. It was hard to get a good reading on what was happening because I couldn't tell if the front straps were supporting the front of the sub. I think they were though, I did a test where I tried to bring the nose up by it self and I couldn't do it , so that tells me that the nose is still a bit heavy. I think I want to get one of those fiberglass hp tanks that Hank was talking about. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">Brian <br></font><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] submerge !</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 09:29:53 +1200</span><br><br><div style="font-size: 10pt;"></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Brian,</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Congratulations! </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">The sub is looking good with all your recent modifications.</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Did you test the stability at all? I know in a previous video you were in the</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Conning tower rocking her about. Would have liked to have seen a diver</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">on the outside trying to pull her over as you went down. </div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Looked like you could trim her well, were you happy with that?</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Alan</div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br>On 10/05/2019, at 9:16 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote style="font-size: 10pt;"><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div></div>
<div>Brian,</div><div>You get first prize for classy test facility. Congratulations! you sure got some big ass vent valves</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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