RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How much drop weight?

["Pierre Poulin" <pipo305@hotmail.com>]

Yes, that is a good idea. I also tough about a second air cylinder. But 
again, money is a problem...

I will see. Thx for the idea!

How is solo doing? any new changes? Give us an update!

Pierre Poulin




>From: "Alec Smyth" <Asmyth@changepoint.com>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How much drop weight?
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:34:11 -0500
>
>Pierre, on second thoughts if you have that much weight left over, why
>not just put it into something more useful and increase the battery
>capacity?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pierre&marie [mailto:poulin.carrier@videotron.ca]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:44 PM
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How much drop weight?
>
>Thanks guys for the reply.
>
>Well, 850 pounds of drop weight = nothing can keep you entengle on the
>bottom. But you will explode lung/hull/viewport...
>
>And, 0 pound of drop weight? Hum... not very confortable with that.
>Better
>to explode lungs then to die at the bottom...
>
>How about a rope from the dropped weight to the sub with a brake of some
>kind? Just an idea.
>
>Any comments?
>
>
>Pierre "entengle must have an A somewhere..." Poulin
>
>P.S. Oh, and Marie-Andree say hi! And she still don't want me to put BIG
>inside water with me inside. I think she missed the whole concept here.
>Anyway...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alec Smyth" <Asmyth@changepoint.com>
>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:23 PM
>Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How much drop weight?
>
>
> > Pierre,
> >
> > I think if it were a dry sub, the answer would be "as much as
>possible".
> > But in an ambient sub, dropping too much weight would actually be
> > dangerous. So I'd say "as much as possible, so long as you can drop it
> > in small increments". Very precise of me, hehe.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > Alec
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pierre Poulin [mailto:pipo305@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 4:46 PM
> > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How much drop weight?
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have question.
> >
> > My sub weight now 350 pounds. It will have to weight about 1200
>pounds.
> > So I
> > have to had 850 pounds of weight to get it under water.
> >
> > How much of that 850 pounds should I use as drop weight? Remember, My
> > sub is
> > a dry-ambient design to use at max 30 feet...
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Pierre Poulin
> >
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