[PSUBS-MAILIST] K-250 Emergency Buoy Implementation

[Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks for the feedback.  I will add a modification to improve the design.
Thanks,
Steve

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> I concur. Snoopy's mechanism blocks the reel unless released, and I just
> did a small redo to that last year because it didn't block it quite firmly
> enough. Towing and waves could lead to a big mess of line, and what is more
> serious the mess could have prevented the buoy from releasing properly. Now
> the reel is more firmly retained.
>
> Alec
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Stephen Fordyce via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>> I'm a cave & ocean diver, and can tell you from experience that having an
>> unsecured reel with line coming off it is a real pain and very tangly, even
>> when you have hands to disentangle it.  And it could still ruin a dive
>> while you're fine-tuning it...
>>
>> Could you have a locking pin or something that prevents the reel from
>> unspooling under normal circumstances, but is pulled out when the buoy is
>> released?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> SteveF
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles
>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Alec, good point and one I did try to consider.
>>>
>>> What I like about the reel is that the drag adjustment seems to be
>>> pretty robust with a wide adjustment range. Hopefully I can find the sweet
>>> spot between free spooling while under tow (or by wave action) and having
>>> the float capable of still being able to pull line from the reel when
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> I believe with this design I still have some flexibility if I need to
>>> fine tune after some in water experience.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
>>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I like the way you pulled that off without the need for any machined
>>>> parts, well done. The only thing I wonder about is whether the line bight
>>>> could be somehow secured so that the reel doesn't feed out line if, for
>>>> instance, you are under tow. Consider things like a bungee cord that
>>>> releases along with the float, but constrains the line or the reel
>>>> pre-release.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Alec
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles
>>>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> All, I recently posted my solution for an emergency buoy system for my
>>>>> K-250 in the Projects section of our site. It can be found under my
>>>>> submissions as K-250 Emergency Buoy. Please feel free to comment.
>>>>>
>>>>> While I still have bigger fish to fry on my project I find it helpful
>>>>> to keep forward progressing the smaller systems when needed.  In this case
>>>>> I am trying to identify/add as many of the "attachment" type brackets I can
>>>>> think of before re sandblasting and painting the hull this summer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
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