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Thank you Frank, Regrettably no, I must stay close to home and care for loved ones. I would love any and all pictures you can provide. It aids me in developing electronics when I am able to better visualize the limited space a small sub affords you. (I just like seeing these neat machines too!) I am working on a small mockup of my ambient (wet) and it is coming along very slow. I want a trainable periscope and anyone who has delved into making one of these work knows what I am up against. The temptation to play with old fishermen's minds just seems too great. Making one raise and lower seems a bridge too far. The entire assembly will be only four feet tall and somewhere near 1/2" in diameter. It is the uppermost portion that is causing me grief. It will be a small 12' long but the eye for sleekness and detail should be breathtaking. It will have a two tier sail and will be fashioned after the "Guppy 1" conversions of after WWll. Speed is what I am after with both bow and stern planes for great depth and angle control. A full scale version would have the access hatch open near the lower front with a ladder for one to climb up to the higher level. A door would open out so as to gain access to the mail deck area. (Its nice to dream) These real Guppy boats were short lived but very impressive. Nukes came along and stole most of thier thunder and the pages of History moved on. These later diesel boats were fine to look at and almost pretty if a submarine could be called such. Such graceful lines. In time I will show you pictures of what I have come up with. Anyway, I will attend a convention some day just not at this time. Save some rum tasting for me too! David Bartsch From: ShellyDalg@aol.com Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:11:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Sonar Testing To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Sounds very interesting David. Looking forward to hearing about the results. Good job on your part, let's see what develops. Will you be able to make the convention.? If not, can we get any information or pictures you'd like to see? I'll make sure to take some pictures and can send them to you later. Should be a real good time. Frank D.
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