RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flyer

[Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com>]

Carsten,

I had never seen Spirou or his sub... that's amazingly close! Did the sub
have a name?

I am not planning any optical device such as a periscope. 

What diameter flood valve would you have used if you built Sgt Peppers
again? And by the way, do you see a reason not to put this directly over the
operator so it could be used as a sort of snorkel? Perhaps one could insert
a snorkel through an open valve. I am just thinking of an emergency
situation, for example being adrift on the surface for an extended period,
no communications or power, out of O2 or scrubber gone, etc.

By "beam lights" are you refering to searchlights that you can point, such
as the ones on police cars in the US? I was just envisioning a fixed light
on the end of the drop weight. I actually thought it would be good to avoid
a very strong light going through the acrylic of the main dome, because of
potential problems with heat and reflections. But would you say its a
necessity for a light to be moveable?

thanks,

- Alec

-----Original Message-----
From: MerlinSub@t-online.de [mailto:MerlinSub@t-online.de]
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 1:45 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flyer


Hi Alec, gratulations .. looks great

Do you know the comic of 
"Spirou und Fantasio" 
- Das Versteck der Muräne 1983 (Le Repaire de la Murene 1978)
ISBN 3-551-01207-5
- Tiefenrausch 1987 (Spirou et les Hommes-Bulles 1977) 
ISBN 3-551-01215-6

I wish I had decided 13 years before to use 31 inch diameter 
- instead of the 22 inch I did..

- Any optical view-tools for surface drive ? 

- Any bigger flooding vale at the stern endcap ? 

- Beam lights behind the protection dome ? 

Maybe I will copy the dropweight key .. just bigger. 

see you - during a convention - anywere, someone, Carsten