Week of 1/30/12

This week we finished assembling the compressed air system and integrated it with the torpedo launcher. We had difficulties at first with attaching the low pressure regulator to the high pressure regulator. The sealing of the two together created some losses of the compressed air. After learning the proper order of operation for the compressed air system we fired both torpedo launchers which proved to be a success. The torpedo fired around 6-8ft @ 100psi. This was in the lab and future test underwater will be required to fine tune the system. The torpedo flew straight as expected so the test passed. The learning from these test was necessary and meanwhile we consumed majority of the compressed gas in the bottle. Future tests will require the bottle to be refilled.