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| Saturday, the 12th of April |
| Finally, after more than 8 months after The
Underwater Mouse Project began, we have submerged a
vessel in a pool. The famous Test Module 20 (photo)
was recently fully enclosed and sunk to a maximum depth
of 9 ft below the water surface. No leaking occurrded
while underwater, however interesting events took place
after it was surfaced. You can watch the video of it here. |
| Saturday, the 1st of February |
| Alarming events took place this evening as a
tenative water detection system was tested. Although the
system worked quite well and was only triggered when
water was present, it had minor deterioration effects on
the silicon. After running the system for a while, one
corner of the test module began to leak. Further
research will be conducted to determine exactly why this
happens. |
| Sunday, the 29th of December |
| A
theoretical weight of water has been determinded today,
8.345404452 pounds per US gallon (assuming that there
are 3785.411784000 cm³ in a gallon). Although I will
probably never test or double check it, this will be the
number used to make all calculations on the vessel.
After using 8.5 lbs./gal. in 'Model A's calculations, I
feel confident that with this new accuracy the project
will be more
effective. |
| Saturday, the 19th of October |
| A
preliminary testing phase was started today. It involved
the caulking that was recently added. The results were
sub-par as it eventually began to leak (photo)
after a short period of time. Later, after reading the
directions on the caulking tube, it was understood that
this product was never intended to be used underwater. I
currently have lost all interest in caulking at this
time as it is not only inefficient, but also messy and
difficult to apply neatly. The next step is to find a
suitable
alternative. |
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