Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] little sub brother again

[CARRO@wans.net]

I dito the exrta safety and lift thoughts and wonder 
if an airline, run under the bottom contact areas of 
the sub or work platform, could be used to bubble air 
under the boat to reduce any mud suction?
--- Original Message ---
From: Dewey Mason <drmason2001@yahoo.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] little sub brother again

>John,
>   Having been often in the company of rather sticky
>mud underwater, this was my major concern. It can be
>nearly impossible for a diver to get free of, and
>divers are MUCH more mobile and independent than a
>small sub. One must also look at the likelihood of
>finding the other three million possible things fallen
>down that would hook a sub forever, with the resultant
>bad consequences thereof. Setting a tool rack on
>bottom is a gamble, with even odds at best you won't
>get it stuck. A sub that you plan to bottom out will
>need design features built in to make sure you can go
>away again when you are done with your task. Things
>like water jets in the skids, extra upward thrusters,
>ballast drop that wont hold on after release,
>break-away skids as a last resort, and even maybe an
>escape pod of some kind. Build it to set down on good
>bottoms, but with the means to get loose from bad
>ones, or don't put it on the bottom at all.
>   Just my thoughts here.
>
>=====
>Dewey R. Mason II
>The Deep Past Foundation
>deeppastfoundation@yahoo.com
>
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