[PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt in Sweden

[T Novak via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank, maybe we should just trade submarines.

The tail plane of your sub is yellow.  Is this meant to be more of a visual
warning to tailgating drivers on the road, like having a red flag on
overhanging lumber?

The study by WorkSafe BC was interesting, but florescent green is not on my
list of choices.  Everybody, especially women, say my sub is "cute".  Well,
terrific.  IVC deliberately designed it to be just that, a cartoon submarine
to look harmless yet be an obviously functional sub.  And they got it right
as is obvious by the reactions I get from people passing by (though some
thought it was a helicopter).  The black looks cool, but heats up too much
in the sun and very poor as far as visibility and safety go.  You will note
in the photos I put in the projects area that the black trailer is
practically invisible when only submerged four or five feet to launch and
recover the sub.  The sub quickly disappears while submerged in a lake.  The
constant bubbles give it away, though.

I agree with your comments about yellow.  Maybe a pale orange, but that
would completely change the look of the submarine... not as cool looking,
but certainly friendlier and safer.  Still, a light grey is up there, and
coupled with the diver flag painted on the roof may just do it.  Happily,
paint is cheap.

Tim

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Tim,
I love the black on your sub, it really suits it.  I have a better idea,
lets trade trucks.  Picking a colour is quite tricky.  I find people don't
take the sub seriously if it is yellow.  Yellow is my favorite, I picked
white because it is more scientific.  I need to add some orange, maybe
inside the hatch and a ring around the ct like Alec has.  When there are
boaters on the lake, I feel quite vulnerable because it feels like they are
heading strait at me lol. 
Hank  --------------------------------------------
On Wed, 10/22/14, T Novak via Personal_Submersibles
<personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine hunt in Sweden
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 Flat black looks kinda
 cool, no doubt.  But very suspicious too.
 Jet-fighter-grey is likely no better.  I am  leaning toward a white or
light  yellow. 
 
 Hank, since your sub matches
 the colour of my truck, should I paint my sub  to match the colour of your
truck?
 
 Tim
 
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 On Behalf Of hank pronk via
 Personal_Submersibles
 Sent: October-21-14
 2:57 PM
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 Discussion
 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
 Submarine hunt in Sweden
 
 A
 flat black sub is just going to irritate the wrong people  and you could
end up asking for a permit  each time you want to take your sub for a spin.
 Or just put a big happy face on it.
 
 Hank
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 On Tue, 10/21/14, Alan James via
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  This could be the
  same sub!It
  keeps on getting
 lost. It pays to invest in a good sonar  system.Alan
   
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