pinger's and rescue buoy's

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

What's the composition of your WSRR?

Hmmm. Looking at the photo more closely it seems your WSRR is an uncooked piece of sphagetti.

Now, THIS is slick!!!!

[HardRock]

I feel like I owe you one, Romel, after the spaghetti gag. You picked it straight off. Its in the mail. Enjoy!

[HardRock]

clever idea. perhaps a dob of water soluable glue would suffice. Cake frosting is another, Confectioned sugar and water, or you could go oreantal and use powdered wassabi. Any water soluable pase. The only thing is keeping it dry during normal underwater operation I would think. I believe the analog idea is the way to go. That Russian timer would be fine except that homeland security now days frowns on them for obvious reasons. Combine the analog release with the failsafe electronics from the driver is most likely what I will use. as for the spool, I would invert so it unwinds like a spinning real off the end. No friction or backlash.JMHO

You are right. Anything that breaks down in water will work. I considered soap, sugar, organic glue etc etc. The trick is to find something that is consistent, so that you have a know time range to work within and a water soluble medium that doesn't leave crap all over your submarine. Spaghetti is marvellously consistent. The standard variety that is sold here is always 2mm in diameter and always fractures at four hours (plus or minus 4 minutes) in cold water. I like the idea of winding off the end of the spool and I considered using a fixed spool in the float that would unwind from a fixed spigot as the float ascended, (a bit like a wire guided weapon) but simple management of the thread made the rotating spool a more reliable option.

[redboat219]

Thank you sir.

[redboat219]

Went to our local post office today to pick up the rescue bouy reel.

Three of the post were broken but they look fixable. A little CA and they'll look good as new. Thank you.

[HardRock]

Bollocks. I thought that the padded bag would be OK. Some ******* must have jumped on it!! If it CA doesn't work I'll send you another one. Apologies.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Bollocks. I thought that the padded bag would be OK. Some ******* must have jumped on it!! If it CA doesn't work I'll send you another one. Apologies.

Broken or not, it's a slick looking little unit.

M

[redboat219]

BTW, thanks for including some water-soluble pins aka sphagetti. Lol!

[HardRock]

My pleasure. Didn't know who reliable local noodles might be!