Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hot-galvanize stainless steel ?

["Eliezer Rodriguez" <eliezer_rodriguez@hotmail.com>]

Hi;

How about attaching two pieces of hollow pipes as ballast for the drop 
weights and a air valve to fill these with air in order to recover them more 
easily?

Regards

Eliezer Rodriguez
"The only thing in life to fear is fear itself."


>From: Ray Keefer <Ray.Keefer@Sun.COM>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hot-galvanize stainless steel ?
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:58:19 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hi,
>
>A big massive drop weight can be a problem if you ever intend on recovering
>it.
>
>In Kittredge's book, "I Found Israel's Atom Bomb Factory" he mentioned one
>test of his drop weight system. Worked fine but he didn't want to leave
>all that lead on the bottom of the bay and asked a scuba friend to bring
>it back up. The weight was so heavy that bringing it up was troublesome.
>
>His solution was to change his design to use a bunch of smaller weights
>bolted together. That way it could be brought up in chunks.
>
>Regards,
>Ray


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