Hi Jon,The concept I have in mind best suits a boat that has a bit of length. I will be working on some drawings during the weekend.
The idea is a rail of cannon balls (so to speak) that basic roll out when released. Two rails one either side of the keel. The other option is along the line of the quick release system as illustrated in the book.
Will send some image files. Cheers, Lawrie. On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:00:28 -0400, Jon Wallace wrote:
Lawrie, Some of your designs use jettisonable ballast, not sure if the latest one does. What kind of device were you thinking about using for jettisoning the battery pods or other ballast? I find myself in a position of needing to consider this and was looking at a large bolt that could be turned manually. However it was not a "quick-release" by any means. Jon ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our databasebecause either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messagesfrom our organization. If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the link below or send a blank email message to: removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an automated process and should be complete within five minutes of our server receiving your request. PSUBS.ORG PO Box 53 Weare, NH 03281 603-529-1100 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************
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