[PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine

[Douglas Suhr]

Scott, I have no experience with any large pressure chambers, but I am sure
you are talking well into the thousands (perhaps $15,000 to $35,000)
depending on how long it takes to set up the required tests (and perform
them).

I truly admire your ambition, but like Hank suggested, 1000 feet may be a
better 2nd sub goal. If I were planning to go beyond 1000 feet, I would be
looking to Nuytco, SeaMagine or Triton but of course cost is then a major
issue again. Does anyone know about how much Karl spent building Idabel? ~
Douglas S.


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:48 PM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:

> Any idea as to the cost of pressure testing that kind of pressure?
> Also, I am not a engineer, but am fairly good at designing things in my
> head. If I designed this in CAD, does psubs have a good way of sharing CAD
> files for who ever would like too look at my designs and bounce ideas off
> of?
> I would love for this project to be a way for psubs to increase overall
> psubs knowledge of cutting edge and affordable solutions for things like
> sonar and manipulator arms and things.
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
>
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> Vance Bradley <VBra676539 at AOL.com> wrote:
> Maryland and California (Navy) and Texas (southwest research).
> Vance
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:14 PM, swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:
>
> So is the design of crush depth of 1750m and test to 1250m the idea? Next
> question is where can you find a pressure chamber that has 1670psi
> capability?
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
>
>
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> Alan James <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Scott,
> in general people design their boats with a crush depth of
> twice their operating depth, then test them to 1.25 or 1.5 x
> there proposed maximum operating depth.
> So design to 2000 meters & test it to 1250 meters.
> Alan
>
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>  *From:* swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com>
> *To:* personal_submersibles at psubs.org
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:29 PM
> *Subject:* [PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine
>
> I am playing with the idea of building another submarine. Here is what I
> am thinking.
> 1) This project needs to be as challenging as the same amount of
> difficulty as it was to build my first submarine
> 2) I want to have lots of bottom time with my K-350 to learn what needs to
> be improved on in design and ability.
> 3) Learn to use CAD
> 4) Project will take 5-7 years to complete
>
> My initial goals are
> 1) Hold 3 people
> 2) Weigh 10,500lbs or less
> 3) Depth of 3,300 feet (1000m)
> 4) Have a very effective range of abilities such as a good manipulator arm
> and tooling
> 5) Have a wide veiwing maybe a acylic dome front
>
> Ok, shoot holes in the ideas. What will be the main challenges to
> overcome? What complications am I not considering?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Waters
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