[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
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Mon Jun 29 18:38:20 EDT 2015
Ok how about "malstrom" or "vortex", perhaps "silent running". I was always going to name my boat "lucky duck" but chose to keep her name "Arcturus", which means bear hunter, and is a star in the constellation Ursa Minor, or little bear.
Keith T.
Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>What about "Obama" seeing you come from the Capitol City.What color are you painting it?Alan
> From: Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>
>I'm calling my boat "George" (if I ever build it ) . So I claim that name.
>
>Pete
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>On Mon, 6/29/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 4:52 PM
>
>
> A
> Manatee is slow and Graceful, also similar in shape.
> Manatee's also have a great nature.
> Hank
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> On Mon, 6/29/15, Alec Smyth via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re:
> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> To:
> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Received: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:10 PM
>
> "A
>
> knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest
> sluggishness to me, but I think this little
> boat will move.
> My wife is suggesting
> "Shackleton" since I really
> like
> the fellow and he was a relative. So that one's in
> the lead, but I'm still pondering it. If
> she were a
> one-person, I would name her
> "Batchelors Delight"
> after a
> pirate ship that I think had the best name of all
> time. Yesterday I did something I hadn't
> done in a
> long time, and actually looked at
> a list of baby names. This
> is fun.
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at
> 1:48 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
> Hi
> Alec,
>
>
>
>
> How about "The
> Equalizer" or "A knot or
>
> less".
>
>
>
> Keith T.
>
>
>
>
>
> Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >Hi Alec,
>
> >Very nice sub with manly
> attributes. I would never have
> guessed
> that
>
> >when you
> mentioned a while ago that the stern would be
> surprising.
>
>
> >
>
> >Love the
> Naughtylus name
>
> >
>
> >regards,
>
> >Antoine
>
>
> >
>
>
> >On 6/29/15, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles
>
> ><personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> >> Hi Alec,
>
>
> >>
>
> >> New sub
> looks great. With those ball floats at
>
> the back it reminded me of
>
> >> "The Liberator" from an old
> BBC science
> fiction program called
> "Blakes 7".
>
>
> >> I was a big fan when I was a kid.
>
>
> >>
>
> >> https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg
>
> >>
>
>
> >> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40, Alan
> James via
> Personal_Submersibles <
>
> >> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> >>
>
> >>>
> That's great thanks Alec,
>
> >>> I'll save that description
> with the dwg.
>
>
> >>> Alan
>
>
> >>>
>
>
> >>> ------------------------------
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> >>> *From:*
> Private via Personal_Submersibles
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> >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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> Monday,
> June 29, 2015 1:21 PM
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> >>>
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> >>> *Subject:* Re:
> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new
> sub
>
> >>>
>
> >>> Correct!
>
> >>>
>
> >>> The little O
> ring under the threaded contacts
> on the
> hull side has two
>
>
> >>> purposes. It prevents water coming into the
> sub
> if you drop the thruster,
>
> >>> but it also
> acts as a spring to maintain good
>
> electrical contact. When
>
>
> >>> the
>
>
> >>> thruster is off, the sub side contact sticks
> out very slightly above the
>
>
> >>> rest of the penetrator, so
> when you draw the
> motor toward the sub
> the
>
> >>> contact
> squeezes its O ring.
>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
> The contacts on the sub side go through a nylon
> insert sealed with O
>
> >>> rings
>
> >>> and locked by a shoulder in the
> SS insert. On
> the thruster side the
>
> >>> contacts and
> cables are potted, but because the
> thruster
> is oil filled
>
>
> >>> the
>
>
> >>> potting is not subject to any pressure.
>
> >>>
>
> >>> The bolt has a
> shaft seal that prevents it
> being pushed
> into the sub if
>
>
> >>> you drop the thruster.
>
> >>>
>
> >>> The thrusters are fixed, not
> rotating. The
> benefit of this design is
> that
>
> >>> there
> are neither cables nor tubes to sever -
> you
> just need to switch off
>
>
> >>> power to the thruster before dropping it,
> and
> the dropping itself is just
>
> >>> three or four
> turns of a bolt.
>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
> Best,
>
> >>>
>
> >>> Alec
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>> On Jun 28,
> 2015, at 7:55 PM, Alan James
> via
> Personal_Submersibles <
>
> >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
> I think I understand it now.
>
> >>> The 2 bolts are the electrical
> through hulls
> & you wind the
>
> >>> central nut to
> push the unit off. The electrics
> would
> unplug in the
>
>
> >>> process.
>
>
> >>> Alan
>
>
> >>>
>
>
> >>> ------------------------------
>
> >>> *From:* hank
> pronk via
> Personal_Submersibles <
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> >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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> June 29, 2015 10:02 AM
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> >>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's
> new
> sub
>
>
> >>>
>
> >>>
> Alec,
>
> >>> Nice
> project, I like the trawl floats in the
>
> back, it is so different!
>
>
> >>> The first thing that comes to mind when I
> see
> your new build is, Manatee.
>
> >>> You sure have
> put in a lot of time on this. I
> like the
> jettisoning
>
> >>>
> system, it is the same idea as Gamma's
>
> tail, very simple and clean. The
>
> >>> bellows are very nice!
>
> >>> Nice video, you
> have good control of the
> sub.
>
> >>> Hank
>
> >>>
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> >>> On Sat,
> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via
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> >>> Received:
> Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM
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> >>>
>
> >>> Hey
> everyone, I'm
>
> >>> breaking cover with the project
> sub. It is in
> need of a
>
>
> >>> name. If the pictures inspire
> any thoughts that
> are not
>
>
> >>> rude, I'm all ears for
> suggested names!
>
>
> >>> http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/
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> >>>
>
> >>>
>
> >>> Best,
>
> >>> Alec
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