[PSUBS-MAILIST] R300 Pool dive

[Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles]

The new thrusters work so much better than the control system I had on the
boat when I was at your place in Islamorada.  I am so looking forward to
launching the boat at your place again and see the ocean!

Best Regards

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Douglas Suhr via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Now that is something I would love to try! I've dreamed of a sub in
> pool since forever. Cliff, the R-300 is looking finer than ever with
> her new thrusters. ~ Doug
>
> On 4/6/17, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> > Lift felt a bit precarious mostly due to the weakness of the winch.
> When I
> > was pulling the boom trailer away from the pool, I should have taken it
> > quite a fit slower.  Lessons learned!
> >
> > Cliff
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 9:16 AM, James Frankland via
> Personal_Submersibles <
> > personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Cliff
> >>
> >> Looks great.  Dedicated sub test pool!  and no grandchildren in sight.
> >> Did look a bit precarious on the lift.  But all worked ok.
> >> regards
> >> James
> >>
> >> On 6 April 2017 at 14:15, 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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