Due to the Memorial Day Weekend, not much was accomplished in regards to the submarine. Most of the basic programming is complete, so we are not focused mainly on it. If any modifications are needed in our current system, they can be easily programmed. Our electrical system and control system, in hand with the programming, are also almost finished. So, with that, the main thing we are trying to focus on is keeping the electrical wiring and the submarine completely waterproof.
Waterproofing the submarine is going to be tougher than we anticipated mainly due to the fact that it can be hard to discern where the leaks are occurring. We tried to do an experiment to find the leaks with the idea that there would be few leaks. The result was that the whole submarine was filled more than halfway with water. Obviously, we can't have that being that the point of a submarine is having it underwater. This is why waterproofing has been a main focus; we don't want to have any of the electrical components to be damaged when the submarine goes for its first dive.
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