Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch Retrieval Transport

["Rick and Marcia" <empiricus@telus.net>]

Ok, I have to put my two cents in here.  If the trailer's going into the
water anyway, why put wheels (complexity) onto the sub?

Back in as far as you dare, remove the trailer from the hitch, power
backwards from the ramp using the sub's props with the trailer still
attached, release the trailer (hold down straps?) and winch it back in to
the trailer hitch.  Go park.

Rick L



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch Retrieval Transport


> So far Frank, I like your little wheels idea. When I have a moment, I will
slap some onto the CAD model and see what if anything is gained....clearance
to trailer deck wise.
>
> While the tank crawler is a novel idea, beaches in Florida where you could
do this would be hard to come by, as no power craft are allowed within the
buoy line, and vehicles....with the singular exception of
Daytona......citation time!
>
> That leaves private property, and I just let my membership at Trumps Mar A
Largo expire! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-A-Lago    ........I knew I
should have kept that current! :)
>
> Joe
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>   From: ShellyDalg@aol.com
>   Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>   To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>   Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch Retrieval Transport
>   Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:15:15 EST
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>
>   Could this sub-crawler be used in something more than a few feet of
depth? I can see where it might be useful around a dock, but the snuba
setups ( scub with a surface air line) on the market work pretty well for
long duration/shallow depth work.
>   How about a motorized crawler "carriage" that could go into the water,
capture the sub, and crawl back out with the sub on-board, and go right up
on the trailer.
>   Hydraulic drive, and a tethered control box like what is used for small
overhead gantry cranes, a small sturdy frame, and the crawler mechanicals,
and maybe use rubber tracks like the ones used on Bobcats.
>   Should be able to build something like that for $3K to $5K. Less if you
can scrounge used parts, or get a small crawler and cannibalize it for
parts.
>   ( downside.....not cheap, another thing to fix, and how many crane
launchings can you get for the same $$$.) Just thinking.......Frank D.
>
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