Last Days

Tomorrow we'll be taking our final test; today was the last day of organized PT, as well as our last power-point and last lab.

Tuesday was our last day with Mr. Fontaine... he walked us through a lab that didn't match up with the troubleshooting procedures, just so we'd know how to really use the schematics and flow-charts. The winch wouldn't operate because he had unplugged the Manifold Assy.

Wednesday was wild. We didn't have PT (I did it on my own after class) and our lab was the actual handling of the array... using the levelwind to deploy and retrieve... and the ones who weren't operating were creating drag (normally created by the water) on the end of the array so it would wrap tightly around the winch. It was hard work pulling... I was breathing heavily. Near the end of class we did the first half of the Sonar Dome Pressurization System (SDPS) general & physical description power-point.

Today we finished it, and have a basic understanding of the water and air system we'll have to be monitoring. I love how being a Sonar Tech, we've gotten to learn little bits of electronics, mechanics and hydraulics. Then for the last half of the day we did the final lab, learning the emergency drive system on the levelwind. There were only two groups that went through, and I was with Hibbard, Trimpe, Wagner & Witte. I operated the control panel and observed all the mechanical switches, levers and screws that had to be done in order to make it work.

It was a very standard free PT this morning... did 15 minutes on the bike, then some crunches and pushups.