[PSUBS-MAILIST] temporary propulsion

[Alan James via Personal_Submersibles]

Ouch $4000-, would you have to replace the shaft witha longer propeller shaft?What combined hp. are you looking for. How many motors?Have you sorted the motor controller for the motors?Alan 

      From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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Alan,                 I still plan to use those motors, but they are expensive. $4000 each   Been spending money like a drunken sailor, so I was trying to brainstorm a cheppo solution ;-)   I still kind of like the fact that a mass produced motor like the ones showed could be a cheap alterative .  Those little Honda generators are quite amazing , very compact, quite, and they sip the gasoline.  I noticed a lot of sailboat people would use them for house power instead of firing up they're onboard engines, they would set them out on the bow.    Brian  

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From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] temporary propulsion
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 07:49:04 +1300

Hi Brian,what happened to the high powered motors you were looking at a while back?These motors are huge & only put out 1/3 rd horsepower. Minn kotta is 2hp. There is a lot of work making a housing for them. The shaft would have to be extended to fit another bearing, seal & the propeller, let alone all the work for a housing that is bolted together &sealed with a wiring entry welded on.If you are just wanting to do buoyancy / stability tests before you invest in thrusters,why not have a small inflatable tender with outboard to drag it round.Alternatively look on Cliffs project page on his Minn kotta modification, as he has donesome good work on them that may be helpful.Cheers Alan
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On 21/10/2016, at 4:55 pm, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:


Hi All,                     Been thinking about how I'm going to get around the harbor with my sub.  I'm thinking that for the time being I'm just going to run ( on the surface) a 2000 watt Honda generator and then for the motors , use these 1/3 HP dryer motors in a oil flooded housing, probably made out of aluminum tubing.  They obviously run with 120 V  AC power.     Since on my sub I will have dual motors on each side, port and starboard, I was thinking to also have additional motors facing foreword to stop my foreword progress ( a brake)   .     These dryer motors can be got really cheap , new they're about $75.00  I'm pretty sure they would be ok flooded with oil.   So I would have a total of 4 motors , two on each side one going frontwards and one opposing .  It would be a totally on or off drive of course , with no speed control.    Here's a video of the motors I'm talking about.       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrCUh1S8x8  Brian   

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