<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hank,</div><div>If you could mount them in a slot so that the vertical thrust pushes against the</div><div>edges of the slot, that would require less power from the magnets. ( you were</div><div>probably planning that anyway). </div><div>Magnets are corrosive so you would have to either coat them or mount them</div><div>Inside the hull. They should magnetise through the hull if strong enough.</div><div>If the magnets were mounted inside the hull you may be able to knock them</div><div>sideways out of the way to help release the thruster.</div><div>I would have some way of pinning the thrusters during transport, & take the</div><div>magnets off ( some how ) during storage.</div><div>One thought is that a powerful electro magnet may help with the removal of</div><div>the magnets.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br>On 16/07/2019, at 8:25 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi All, I want to make magnetic bases for my vertical thrusters on E3000. The thrusters are mounted to the hull section that jettisons witch is bad. I figure the best way to jettison the motors in my case is to mount them with magnets that will break away. Anyone try this?</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>