[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
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Mon Jun 29 21:26:55 EDT 2015
Sorry Pete, I'm not getting it... What is what?
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Alec, What is this ?
>
> Pete
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> On Mon, 6/29/15, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:38 PM
>
> 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>
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>> 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 <
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>> >> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> >>>
>> That's great thanks Alec,
>>
>> >>> I'll save that description
>> with the dwg.
>>
>>
>>>>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>
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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 <
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>> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> >>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> >>> *From:* hank
>> pronk via
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>> >>> *Sent:* Monday,
>> 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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>> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via
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>> >>> Received:
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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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