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Hi Brian.
Could you please post the complete name of Parker
(or their link) so I can go to their site and save it for
reference?
Thanks.
Kindest regards,
Bill Akins.
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Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 10:53
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BIG is now a
p-sub...
Peter,
You can get just about any size O ring desired from Parker, just specify the
size. What size do you need?
Brian Cox
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From: <atozed@juno.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Cc:
<personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent:
Saturday, June 04, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] BIG is now a
p-sub...
> Pierre -
>
>
Congratulations!
> I'm glad for you and that psub's information
exchange is here for all
> who will realize their dreams, however large
or small. Please give us
> details of the cause of the leaks, and what
size vent pipe was too small?
> Will the propeller protection be a
shroud or a cage?
>
> -Peter Korwin
>
>
>
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:10:53 -0400
>
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Marie-Andr=E9e_et_Pierre?= <poulin.carrier@videotron.ca>
>
writes:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Today we launched
BIG.
> >
> > After 2.5 years of design and building, moving
to 4 different
> > workshops,
> > investing 2500 $
(canadian, but still...) I finaly put BIG in the
> > water!
>
>
> > What a trill!!!!
> >
> > When it went
down the boat ramp, on it's own tiny wheels, I could
> > not
> > refrain myself to think that it would leak so bad, crash,
explode or
> > else.
> > But nothing happened. I had 2
very small leaks. Nothing a good
> > scott-towell
> >
could not handle.
> >
> > I had 2 friends in divers outfits
ready to dive so I said BIg was
> > ready for
> > next
step; Getting me inside it.
> >
> > At first, the
water-line was way lower then I though. We had to use
> > 80
> > pounds of additional weight to make it as low as it was supposed
to
> > be.
> >
> > So I jumped inside it, secured
the hatch. Everything was still ok. I
> > engaged
> > the
auto ambient pressure system and... nada... The electronic
> >
circuit
> > didn't worked (too much humidity i think). So I had to
rely on my
> > manual
> > back-up to equalize
pressure.
> >
> > The depth where i was was 10 feet.
Relaxing my breath and my
> > hearthbeat, I
> > made a
sign to my divers and opened the ballast vent valve. Nothing
> >
> > happened. I waited for about 30 secondes and could not tell if I
was
> > going
> > down. I asked a diver to look if air was
going out of the vent and
> > he said
> > yes so i waited
still longer. It tooked about 2 minutes to get the
> > sub to go
> > below the water-line. What a trill!!!! oh my god! I was soooo
> > nervous!
> > Looking in the top windows and seeing
like 2 inches of water over
> > the hatch!
> > I was
finaly under-water! I made it! And was still alive!
> >
> >
Some seconds later I hit the bottom and rested there for a couple of
>
> minutes
> > ajusting the pressure, tripple checking everything.
All was good. So
> > I
> > decided to make BIG slightly
positive. I opened up just a bit the air
> > valve
> > for
the ballast and I went rocket to the surface! had to wait 2
> >
minutes to
> > vent the tanks, and back to the bottom I was... That
time I was very
> > gentle
> > with the valve and managed
to get it under control. I was ready to
> > try those
> >
2 engines. I was very suprised how fast it was! I can easyly go
> >
faster then
> > a diver.
> >
> > What a great
day!
> >
> > What was great: BIG is operationnal, it goes
very fast! once you get
> > used to
> > it, you can adjust
bouyancy easyly. Also, very manuverable with the
> > 2
> >
engines set-up. more then i though it was going to be. i can almost
>
> turn on
> > the spot. Going up or down with motors is also very
good.
> >
> > What must be better: Main thing to check, It
is very slow to blow
> > the 2 back
> > ballast tank. I
think that the holes i made are too small. Also,
> > trim is not
> > good. always nose up. I also need to install propeler
protection.
> > One of my
> > friend fin cough in it with
some minor damage to it but it is not
> > very safe
> >
since I plan to always use BIG with at least 1 diver.
> >
>
> So in all. a very good experience. What a trill! My 2 friends hang
> > on BIG
> > and it was going fast. We had a wonderfull
time! Even if we only
> > been to 10
> > feet deep. I
can't wait to put it back in the water again!
> >
> > I
would like to thank you all for your help in helping me realise a
>
> dream!
> >
> > Special thank to Jon and Ray for making
the site in the first place.
> >
> > With-out you guys,
BIG would still be a dream...
> >
> > Thank you!
>
>
> > Pierre "official owner of a working p-sub" Poulin
>
>
> > P.S. I have a zillion pictures + video. i will post some
tomorrow.
> > Need bed
> > now :)
> >
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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