[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles
personal_submersibles at psubs.org
Mon Jun 29 21:58:22 EDT 2015
I'm not receiving the attachments, perhaps they are too big for the mail
list or something. But if you see something looking like a tank between the
hull and deck, chances are its one of the PVC tubes that hold the trawl
floats for adjusting buoyancy.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> In the attached photo the arrow points to what looks like a white tank
> between the pressure hull and the deck
> --------------------------------------------
> 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
> >>
> >> >>>
> >> --------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> >>> On Sat,
> >> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via
> >>
> >> Personal_Submersibles <
> >>
> >> >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >>>
> >> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> >>
> >>
> >> >>> To:
> >>
> >> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
> >>
> >> >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> >>
> >> >>> 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
> >>
> >> >>> -----Inline
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> >>>
> >>
> >> >>>
> >>
> >> >>>
> >>
> >> >>>
> >>
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> >> >>>
> >>
> >> >>>
> >>
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