[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles]

Definitely, a good pool toy.  The aft nozzles are nylon plastic.  They
worked like a bumper.  I did find that I scratched up the paint job on the
vertical thruster protectors.  I am thinking about coating about a 4 inch
section of each with some hard plastic before I try this again.  Maybe I
could use something like they paint on airplane wings to show where to step.

Cliff

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> The ultimate pool toy! What impressed me was the lack of bumpers or anyone
> pushing you off the sides of the pool. Must have been tricky without
> rear-view mirrors, keeping the stern off the concrete walls.
>
> Best,
>
> Alec
>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> I look at my boat as a platform for tinkering. It is after all a
>> hobby! The problem I have is that to evaluate a modification, I have to
>> take the boat to the lake.  I find that transport, launching and retrieval
>> of the boat burns a lot of time so I end not having a lot time to
>> experiment with the mods as well as fun dives. Unlike Hank, I need help
>> with launching and retrieval so it's a pain it the butt to schedule a local
>> lake dive.  When I finally get the boat to one of our local magnificent
>>  mud holes, I can't see a thing, so I decided to build a swimming pool
>> (allegedly for my grand kids!) for dunk test.
>>
>> Below is a link to a  short YouTube video showing the launching, diving
>> and retrieval of my boat in the pool, just for fun.  This first attempt was
>> a bit nerve racking as I could just see me dropping the boat and damaging
>> the pool and the boat but in end, all came out ok.  A fabricated a boom
>> trailer from a set of mobile home axles and some scrap steel I got from the
>> local junk yard. The only issue I had was the cheap eBay made in China
>> winch struggled with the load even though it was rated at 12,000 lbs.
>>
>> Cliff
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSIrQeMmIHs
>>
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