[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Designed or Built?

["Joseph Perkel" <joeperkel@hotmail.com>]

">Just to settle my curiosity, how many of you actually have your sub  
designed
> and or built ?"

I personally, have been at this only since last hurricane season....I 
remember distinctly my first post was the night Wilma hit. It was eight days 
before I got the opportunity to see any responses.

To answer your question, I fully expect at a minimum, another two years to 
finalize a viable design before even thinking about construction.

Why so long? Two reasons......

1) Every time I think I've got it right.....someone shows me 
better.....every time!

2) Your sub has to be functional before you even get the opportunity to kill 
yourself!

This means that successful psubs, are built by meticulous people.

Joe


> From: DrewBane1@aol.com
> Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Launch Retrieval Transport
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 19:09:31 EST
>
> Just to settle my curiosity, how many of you actually have your sub  
> designed
> and or built ?
>     When i first started pondering the idea of my sub  the key issues i 
> hit
> on were trailer ability, range/ fuel consumption/ speed.  Depth was a 
> secondary
> consideration as I first though of an ambient sub and a  max depth of 60 -
> 100 ft. Now i want to go to 200 ft in a pressure sub using the  same design 
> and
> i don't feel this will be an issue from the help i have received  from 
> fellow
> psubbers. From what i have seen skinny water is the big issue with  
> everyone,
> and it looks like it would be easier to relocate dive site to avoid it  
> (but
> not aware of areas of interest) and equip the sub with a small engine with
> charging system and air compressor. I think this is feasible if you can 
> spare
> the 250-300 350 lbs extra weight and the time it would take to cruise at 
> per say
>  6 knots to get to where you wanted to go. In doing this one would end up
> with a  more self sufficient sub and not need the support of a surface 
> vessel of
> any type (fuel/range considered) Just don't forget to pack t.p.





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