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I couldn't figure how the camera was attached -yes the tether attached to the sub's belly and goes straight down(sometimes it is seen bouncing off the bottom causing the sub to shake) but the camera angle is up at waterline level-does the camera float and is tethered to a weight that drags the bottom and is pulled by the tether from the bottom of the sub?..If so , the camera should shake as its weight is also dragged along the bottom?? Or is the camera weighted for neutral buoyancy if so the tether should go straight back and not down.
I couldn't figure how the camera was attached -yes the tether attached to the sub's belly and goes straight down(sometimes it is seen bouncing off the bottom causing the sub to shake) but the camera angle is up at waterline level-does the camera float and is tethered to a weight that drags the bottom and is pulled by the tether from the bottom of the sub?..If so , the camera should shake as its weight is also dragged along the bottom?? Or is the camera weighted for neutral buoyancy if so the tether should go straight back and not down.
Or, the camera body is also on a vertical shaft and bearing and has 'tail-feathers' to keep it pointed at a near zero angle-of-attack to the water flow. Back the boat down and you get a bow shot. Put the boat in a tight turn, and as its skids, the POV starts to look at the inboard side of the turn.
Actually your title should be submarine selfie stick.
I think what he did here is he attached a length of rigid wire underneath the hull which was free to rotate around the sub. He then attached the camera to the end with some flotation foam to make it neutrally buoyant and not affect the sub's trim. I'm trying to ask him for some photos of the setup.
Actually your title should be submarine selfie stick.
I think what he did here is he attached a length of rigid wire underneath the hull which was free to rotate around the sub. He then attached the camera to the end with some flotation foam to make it neutrally buoyant and not affect the sub's trim. I'm trying to ask him for some photos of the setup.
That is a really, really great idea, though I like the towed camera idea better. The thing about the selfie-stick, though, is that it offers a bit of a failsafe against crashing into the bottom. On the downside, I could see it hooking all manner of weeds and such as it moves through them...
Start of the blow, is he compressing the ballast tank by sucking out of it? Not sure how it starts to go ip before the snorkel breaches.
Next time someone points out it takes 42 muscles to frown, point out it will only take 4 muscles to b1tch slap them if they tell you how mnay muscles you need to smile:pop
Bottom R/H drawing shows snorkel check valve open and thruster drawing water in thru snorkel tube(note diameter is same size as thruster bore) and forcing it out the bottom of the sub driving it upward. The calibrated trapped air (determined by the air vent tube) keeps the sub at a positive or almost positive buoyancy. And the sub rises..Brilliant! especially for really small subs..
Nice-the guys on RGC have tried to ask him for the "secrets" and so far none-Is that check valve and thruster (why doesn't the program recognize thruster as being spelled correctly?) your's or his? That valve depends on weight to swing it closed?
Nice-the guys on RGC have tried to ask him for the "secrets" and so far none-Is that check valve and thruster (why doesn't the program recognize thruster as being spelled correctly?) your's or his? That valve depends on weight to swing it closed?
Here's another one of his check valve. Note the weight near the hinge point.
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