RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] resending

[Alex <spm2@nomad.ignorelist.com>]

I see it. It was "Questions and update". It was sent on Wed, 18 Apr
2012 22:31:03 -0500 and it has two replies.

Alex


On 24-Apr-2012 Scott Waters wrote:
> 
> Hey everybody,
> I was just wondering did my e-mail go through? Hadn't  heard anything from
> anyone. I copied it below:
> 
> Hey everybody,
>  
> I've been pretty quiet on the pusubs form. A little update on myself and
> KW350 Trustworthy. For those of you who remember I got ran over and suffered
> a really bad leg injury. I went though surgery in November to remove peices
> of my ankle and reshape my cartilage and was doing better, but am having
> complications again, so surgery again may be comming soon. I haven't let that
> stop me (just slow me down), but I have been making good progress on my sub.
> I'll be uploading pictures soon. I also got engauged just recently! I
> proposed 35 feet under water while scuba diving in Key West. Good thing is my
> girlfriend is a excellent welder and scuba cert, so I might actually be
> getting more done on my sub rather than less with a wife. haha. I have ran
> into a few questions though and I though I would ask everyone. Here they are:
>  
> *For the copper tubing on the blueprints is it best to use compression
> fittings or flare fittings?
>  
> *Is there anything wrong with running the vent controls internaly so the ball
> valve is on the inside rather than a trough hull with the valve on the
> outside?
>  
> *I planning on putting in a DC breaker box on the inside of the sub so you
> can reset circuts (in the rare ocasion) rather than fuses in the battery
> pods. Does anyone see any problems with this?
>  
> * The blueprints call for "1st stage Dacor 200 Regulator" to take the
> pressure down from 3000psi out of the scuba tanks. I believe that means it
> brings the pressure down to 200psi. What happens if the sub has an accedental
> drop to say 500 feet where the pressure is greater than 200psi? Wouldn't the
> water rush in rather than air go out? Maybe I'm missing something.
>  
> *The blueprints for the oil compensated motor pods confuse the heck out of
> me. I have them built, but am pretty much lost as far as how to make the
> things work. I'm hoping to see some of your subs at the next conference or
> something and perhaps I'll get it then. I think seing them completely
> finished and filled with "oil" would help me. would help me alot. Any help on
> this would be really appriciated. This reminds me, are we having a psubs
> conference this year? I've heard about lake Michigan, but besides discussion,
> haven't heard much. If help is needed putting it on, I'd love to help.
>  
> Thanks in advance for the help!
>  
> Scott Waters
>                                         
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Mailed on 24-Apr-2012.



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