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As a privalleged Beta tester of the Merriman / Caswell 1/72 torpedo system I have been following the discussion about suggested tweaks to the system along with David's improvements with great interest.
One question I have been asked over and over is regarding still and video photograph of these fish and sadly the only video I have is rather poor quality. As far as photos go, well I can't drive, shoot fish, and work a camera, and to be honest I have had many a skilled photographer show me countless photos of clear water as they struggled even with me vocally announcing a shot to get some pictures.
Here below however I have managed to grab some stills of the video I do have - as bad as it is it shows the effectiveness and genius behind the system. Note the bubbles exiting the tubes too, yes you do get a bit of bow up with each shot. Note also from the time on the video how fast (if you wanted to) you can get shots off one after the other.
To date I have over 100 hours of testing / shooting these fish and in the workshop re the on board boat setup. In fact in one day at the dam I went through 6 cans of propel. I plan to get stuck into looking at servo (mechanical) release activations as soon as I can find some time. Its a good system and an exciting addition to our fine hobby.
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John
One question I have been asked over and over is regarding still and video photograph of these fish and sadly the only video I have is rather poor quality. As far as photos go, well I can't drive, shoot fish, and work a camera, and to be honest I have had many a skilled photographer show me countless photos of clear water as they struggled even with me vocally announcing a shot to get some pictures.
Here below however I have managed to grab some stills of the video I do have - as bad as it is it shows the effectiveness and genius behind the system. Note the bubbles exiting the tubes too, yes you do get a bit of bow up with each shot. Note also from the time on the video how fast (if you wanted to) you can get shots off one after the other.
To date I have over 100 hours of testing / shooting these fish and in the workshop re the on board boat setup. In fact in one day at the dam I went through 6 cans of propel. I plan to get stuck into looking at servo (mechanical) release activations as soon as I can find some time. Its a good system and an exciting addition to our fine hobby.
Best
John
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