Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RSS2

["Ty Alley" <tydes@shreve.net>]

Couldn't you just receive it from the bow?
Ty
----- Original Message -----
From: <Magoo152@aol.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 8:08 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RSS2


> RSS is Recreational Submarine Systems
> I have ambitions of building Submarine and Tender Units for Sale.  The
subs
> would be Two-man 1atm tethered to the tender and limited to 100 ft with
hard
> wired communications.
> After completing RSS1, I realized that it was to difficult to surface the
sub
> under the pontoon boat.  I installed two retractable pipes covered with
PVC
> that hung down under the boat to guide the sub.  The pilot steered the sub
> under the boat and drove the bow between the guide pipes until the motor
> guards nested against them.  Then by blowing the ballast tanks, while
leaving
> the motors running ahead slow, the sub came up right in line with the
> cradles.  This worked good with no wind or current. In an emergency, this
> would be a disaster.  You need to be able to surface away from the tender
and
> then drive into the cradles.  This was not possible with the pontoon boat
> that I was using because it had one outboard motor in the center of the
boat.
>  The tender for RSS2 will have two motors, one in each pontoon, with the
> center of the stern open wide enough to receive the sub.
> MAGOO
>