Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] my old sub getting new parts

[Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>]

Alec,

Wally, I presume?  :)
Would he be interested in sharing the electronics so we could build our own?

Jon



Smyth, Alec wrote:
> Jim,
>  
> Give me a call when the time for your depth test arrives, because I 
> have something sitting here on a shelf that might come in handy. It's 
> a "depth test auto-pilot" that will blow ballast on the first of two 
> conditions to occur: either a dive timer going off, or water being 
> detected in the cabin. A friend built it for Snoopy's depth test. What 
> worries me about a depth test is a slow leak more than an implosion. 
> I'd hate to leave the sub down for an hour only to discover it had 
> become too heavy to pull back up. BTW it's builder spent 12 years on 
> Navy subs and was the last engineering officer of the Nautilus, so I 
> figure it should work! However, it comes with the caveat that I 
> haven't had an opportunity to use it yet myself. I suggest doing a 
> "depth test" in negligible depth first to test it out. 
>  
> We can just UPS this thing around to anyone planning a depth test. It 
> isn't large.
>  
>  
> thanks,
>  
> Alec




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