RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Minn Kotas

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

Vance,

Interesting comparison here, perhaps you can comment. The WHOI user manual for Alvin specs 150 lb thrust for ea of the 6 thrusters....(Alvin weighs 35k)

http://www.whoi.edu/marops/vehicles/alvin/userman_subsystems.html#propulsion

Minn Kota specs the following for their saltwater outboard mounted motors...

Model	Volts	Thrust	Shaft Lengths
Engine Mount RT202/EM	36	202	?
Engine Mount RT160/EM	24	160	?
Engine Mount RT101/EM	36	101	?
Engine Mount RT80/EM	24	80	?
Engine Mount RT55/EM	12	55

The Busby manual says power requirement selection is based on a velocity -vs- resistance formula. What's your best intuitive guess for a K-sub to hold it's own against a prevailing 2-3 kt current?

Joe

 

 

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From:  vbra676539@aol.com
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To:  personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject:  [PSUBS-MAILIST] Minn Kotas
Date:  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:41:11 -0500

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