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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Newbie alert! (me)

I lived in Montague for about 15 years, then moved to
yreka till i was 21. then, off to tracy ca.. Are you
from there too?

--- Coalbunny <coalbunny@onewest.net> wrote:
> Hello Dj and welcome to the list.  Where abouts in
> Siskiyou county were
> you raised?  Been there, beautiful county.
> Carl
> 
> 
> DCI Games wrote:
> > 
> > I dont know why this stupid email wont put my name
> as
> > Dj, but oh well, my name is Dj McCullough. I
> currently
> > live in Tracy, Ca. Its about an hour east of san
> fran.
> > i just moved down here to be with my bride 2 be.
> > 
> > as for my 13 year old's "submarine", imagine a 50
> > gallon drum with the side cut out <this was the
> > bottom, so i could climb in and out while it was
> under
> > water>. the front of the oil drum had been
> removed,
> > and a inch thick plexiglass window put in it's
> place.
> > i forget how we sealed it :). it had a big piece
> of
> > steel beam welded to the front and back on the
> bottom
> > to keep the thing right side up, as well as a
> kid's
> > size lawn chair more or less screwed and glued in
> just
> > above the water line. we had 200 feet of garden
> hose
> > connected to this thing, with a decient air pump
> > running on the shore. Propullsion was almost
> > accomplished by my grandfather's trolling motor
> and a
> > couple of , i think 10 ah 12 v batteries. the
> motor
> > had a bicycle sprocket welded to it around it,
> with a
> > bicycle chain up to .. something , i think it was
> a
> > power wheels steering wheel. <and the squeeky horn
> > still worked :)> the two high mounted balast tanks
> > werent much more than some kind of metal tube with
> the
> > ends welded off. I used garden hose on off spiget
> > style valve to control the venting of the air, and
> > another to turn on and off the air to fill the
> balast
> > tanks with air. It also featured fins to keep the
> > rather unstable shape going in a straight line.
> > 
> > I took a 110 camera with me and took pictures of
> the
> > .. rather murky water in Siskiyou lake, in
> siskiyou
> > county, ca. The sub putted around a bit. My best
> > friend, grandfather and i kept in contact with
> these
> > crappy little radio shack walkytalkies. The hose
> that
> > connected me to the air supply had rather
> prominant
> > metal ribbing, we ended up using that as a carrier
> for
> > the walkytalky signal. I ended up staying down
> about
> > 15 minutes, got some great pictures. I had one of
> a
> > trout that stopped in front of my window and
> looked at
> > me like i was an idiot. I remember radioing up to
> my
> > best friend, "Hey robin... i think i was just
> mocked
> > by a fish." I was just getting ready to bring my
> > "TubSub" as we named it, back up, when something
> hit
> > me.. or i hit something, disabled the balast tank
> on
> > my right side. it started slowly loosing its
> stored
> > air and the sub started rolling a bit, and
> sinking. I
> > tried just pumping air into the tank at full
> blast,
> > hoping i could out run the air leak, but, couldnt.
> I
> > bailed out after putting my camera in a ziplock
> baggy
> > and swam to shore. we dragged the sub back with
> the
> > air line. We never figured out what happened, but
> when
> > we looked at the balast tank, the infernal thing's
> > blow valve was missing. all the air in the world
> > wouldnt stay in the tank if it just let it right
> back
> > out. My grandfather and i worked on another sub,
> but
> > it ultimatly never got finished as he passed away.
> > 
> > anyone else done something similar?
> > 
> > --- Michael Holt <mholt@richmond.edu> wrote:
> > > DCI Games wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I just wanted to say HI to everyone here. I
> myself
> > > am
> > > > a Computer tech, aspiring submariner :) i also
> > > have
> > > > horrible spelling so please bear with me. I am
> by
> > > no
> > > > means an electrical engineer nor am i well
> versed
> > > in
> > > > hydrodynamics, but i do know enough probably
> just
> > > to
> > > > get meself in trouble.
> > >
> > > Many of us use that one: "...but I do know
> enough to
> > >
> > > get myself in trouble."  You have come to the
> right
> > > place.
> > >
> > >  I've been designing a submarine
> > > > since i was in the 5th grade and my favoriate
> > > teacher,
> > > > my science teacher got me interested. I havent
> > > really
> > > > built it, nor do i have the means at the
> moment. i
> > > Did
> > > > built a 50 galon drum submarine (with
> compresed
> > > air
> > > > and other feeds from shore) when i was 13.. i
> had
> > > to
> > > > bail out at about 20 feet when it wouldnt come
> up
> > > <was
> > > > an ambient.. thing>
> > >
> > > This marks you as a certain kind of person. 
> You're
> > > not alone, and some of us have done the same
> things.
> > > Please talk more about what you built, so we can
> > > compare notes.
> > >
> > > > Everysince then, i knew i was in
> > > > love. I have read the archives through, every
> faq
> > > i
> > > > could find, etc, preparing for the day when i
> have
> > > > alot of extra cash and someplace i can
> actually
> > > build
> > > > something :) I apologize about being so long
> > > winded in
> > > > my intro.
> > >
> > > Welcome to the list!
> > >
> > > Talk about the sub you want to build.  Where are
> > > you?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike
> > 
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