Re: A Simpler Sub

[Rick Lucertini <nexus@intergate.bc.ca>]

> Ok, my two cents here:

> [snip]

> Controlling the water level inside the canopy is
> easy with some simple pipe fittings.  A flange mount fairly high in the
> canopy, open thru hull, with a elbow and short length of pipe.  The elbow is
> screwed into the flange, but not too tightly, so the pipe can still rotate.
> You turn the pipe up or down to adjust water level in the canopy.  Air will
> flow out the pipe until the water level rises to the open end of the pipe.

> [snip]

> I don't know if you can visualize what I'm trying to describe, and certainly
> drawing isn't working well on the computer.

[snip]

> Stan

Hi, all - Stan's heroic efforts can be viewed in the June'71 issue of Popular Mechanics.  I believe
that Floridian Kent Markham was the designer of the movable pipe originally.  His "bubble" sub is a
gem.

Rick Lucertini
Vancouver, Canada