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Gary Boucher - Vindicator

Sub name: Vindicator
Designer: Gary Boucher
Builder: Gary Boucher
Description:
Glad to find someone interested in building subs.  I [Gary Boucher]
have built a 6000
pound displacement sub I call the "Vindicator".  I am sending you some
photos of it.  You may wish to use one in you page.  It has taken me years
to construct and it is highly automated electronic wise.  It can do better
than 6 knots for short periods of time as it has a 6.7 Hp electric motor. 
It is constructed from a new piece of 0.360 gas pipeline 10 feet long with
0.375 eliptical end caps.  The ballast tanks are located under fiberglass
cowlings on each end.  There are 5 windows of 1.25 inch acrylic plastic. 
The pitch is controlled by a 325 pound weight that is moved hydraulicly
from a hydraulic control system located inside the hull.  The boat is 22
feet in length and sports a 15 inch bronze three blade prop with 8 inch
pitch.  The thrust swings about 40 degrees left and right for steering. 
The sub on the surface leans to the outside of the turn a little bit like a
destroyer as it has a fairly short turning radius for such high speeds. 
The pitch ranges from -20 to + 20 degrees depending on the position of the
slide weight.  There are no dive planes!  I built a heavy duty trailer for
transporting the sub.