Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Ben Franklin

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Carsten:
My comment about caves was tongue-in-cheek of course, and more to do with
schoolyard tales of asian female anatomy than psubs, but thanks for the
info.  Wow, these SeeHorse subs are even more interesting and high-tech than
I initially imagined.  I was wondering how they managed deep control.
Looking at close-ups of the red/orange outer hull, I detected segments as if
multiple ballast tanks.  I was beginning to think that perhaps water was
pumped for or aft to achieve multiple levels of up, or down bubble.  Then I
thought, well maybe there is a hydraulic moveable ballast in the keel.
Thanks for the clarification.
TTYL,
Big Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Carsten Standfuß <MerlinSub@t-online.de>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Ben Franklin


>Hi Big Dave,
>
>The two Thruster on the sail of Seahorse can be turn out of the sail and
>cyle
>than 90 degrees to the horizontal. They are then very useful for
>deepcontrol.
>
>Carsten
>