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Brian Whatcott Brian Whatcott is offline
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:02:16 +0000, Goofball_star_dot_etal
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:25:39 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:


There is one mysterious feature. On the top of the pressure casing
there is a small resin colored plug.


Obviously :-) a porous plug which equalizes pressure when dry and does
not do so when wet.



Thinking about that....if the leakage rate is slow, wet or dry,
then that would work for a hydrostatic release container which might
sink 13 feet in less than say 30 minutes....

Brian Whatcott Altus OK