Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] x303

[Andy Jensen <drewacard@charter.net>]

Nice to meet you David.
is this a 1 atm or an ambient sub
and how did you get the 3/4" thickness?

Andy
---- DrewBane1@aol.com wrote: 
is this e mail going thru?
    
  
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to introduce myself, my nave is David and I work as a  Industrial 
fiberglass technician in Wilmington DE. For years I contemplated  building a 
small submersible capable of carrying two people to a dept of 130'.  Recently 
I decide to go ahead and start building my sub. It will be quite a  challenge. 
The sub (X 303) will be built in 4 module sections 24" in dia and a  total 
length of 20'. The sections will be fabricated from 3/4" FRP which will  bolt 
together internally and will displace approx 3,000 pounds. Power will be  
derived from a 50 hp 2cyl engine thru a 2:1 gear reduction driving a 14" X 13p  
propeller. A marine alternator will be coupled by belt to the engine to recharge  
the  gel cell batteries. I have begun constructing the bow/ forward ballast  
compartment and hope to complete this section by months end.
I have laid up the bow sections and joined them to a 24"l section of  pipe  
next is to lay up the 1 1/8" internal flange and join it to the bow  section 
then overwrap the whole bow/ballast section to build up to the 3/4"  thickness I 
am looking for.  more pics to come



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