[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub

Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Jun 29 21:54:25 EDT 2015


In the attached photo the arrow points to what looks like a white tank between the pressure hull and the deck
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On Mon, 6/29/15, Private 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, 8:26 PM
 
 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:
 > 
 > Alec, What is this ?
 > 
 > Pete
 > --------------------------------------------
 > On Mon, 6/29/15, 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, 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>
 > 
 >> 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
 >> --------------------------------------------
 >> 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
 >> --------------------------------------------
 >> 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
 >>   
 >> 
 >>   
 >> 
 >>>>>   
 ------------------------------
 >>   
 >>   >>>  *From:*
 >> Private via Personal_Submersibles
 >>   <
 >>   
 >>   >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 >>   
 >>   >>> *To:* Personal
 >> Submersibles General
 >>   Discussion <
 >>   
 >>   >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 >>   
 >>   >>> *Sent:*
 >> Monday,
 >>   June 29, 2015 1:21 PM
 >>   
 >>   >>>
 >>   
 >>   >>> *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 <
 >>   
 >>   >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 >>   
 >>   >>> *To:* Personal
 >> Submersibles General Discussion
 >>   <
 >>   
 >>   >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 >>   
 >>   >>> *Sent:* Monday,
 >> June 29, 2015 10:02 AM
 >>   
 >> 
 >>>>> *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
 >> 
 >> Personal_Submersibles <
 >>   
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 >>   wrote:
 >>   
 >> 
 >>   
 >>   >>>
 >> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
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 >>   >>> Received:
 >>   Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM
 >>   
 >>   >>>
 >>   
 >>   >>> 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/
 >>   
 >>   >>>
 >>   
 >>   >>>
 >>   
 >>   >>> Best,
 >>   
 >>   >>> Alec
 >>   
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