Best way to launch sub

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  • QuarterMaster
    No one
    • Jul 2003
    • 607

    #16
    Timing Belt Option

    At Bowne's Park in Queens, we use Timing Belts due to the bulkhead. 591 is ~26lbs dry, over double/triple that wet, but I haul up slowly enough it's no issue.

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    At the North Lake in Groton, or other walk ins I use my home brewed launch system for the "big" guys. Bill Lambing (COB) calls it "cheating".

    Launch/Retrieval cart Demo

    Someone said I should put front wheels on, greater maneuverability without.

    Whether you use luggage carts, Timing Belts, rolling carts, floating drydocks, tossing it, the real answer is there is no "best" way despite what anyone says, there's the way that works for you when you find it.
    v/r "Sub" Ed

    Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
    NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
    USS ULYSSES S GRANT-USS SHARK-USS NAUTILUS-USS KEY WEST-USS KRAKEN-USS PATRICK HENRY-HMS VENGEANCE-U25-SSRN SEAVIEW-PROTEUS-NAUTILUS

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    • salmon
      Treasurer
      • Jul 2011
      • 2327

      #17
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      This is the one? (frame grabbed from video)
      If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.

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      • QuarterMaster
        No one
        • Jul 2003
        • 607

        #18
        That's it!

        Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
        v/r "Sub" Ed

        Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
        NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
        USS ULYSSES S GRANT-USS SHARK-USS NAUTILUS-USS KEY WEST-USS KRAKEN-USS PATRICK HENRY-HMS VENGEANCE-U25-SSRN SEAVIEW-PROTEUS-NAUTILUS

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