[PSUBS-MAILIST] Group Help Request

Mon Oct 28 09:59:42 EDT 2013

Don't be torn. I'm doing all three of those things on mine. And don't forget the real reason for putting the bottles outside. Payload!!! Two HP air tanks and the brackets George specifies in the plans, I think it's nearly 150#. Call it 70 kilos. That's a whole 'nother person you could haul around. Or lots of gear (manips, sonar, comms, etc.).
Vance

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From: swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com>
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Sent: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 9:47 am
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Hatch closure from both sides deffenetly a good one. I would say adjustable exterior weights. I hate the idea on chucking weights on the floor and then sitting on them. I am torn between that and moving the hp air tanks to the exterior to allow alot more room on the inside.
Thanks,
Scott Waters

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hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

Joe,
Why don't you take a vote on what the best improvement would be for a k sub or alike.  My vote would be for a hatch closure from both sides.
Hank

From: Joe Perkel <josephperkel at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 5:41:42 AM
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I just love the world in which we live! Look what I found while waiting to take my daughter to school,.. http://www.quickparts.com/QuickQuote.aspx

Isn't that just the coolest thing! The Star Trek synthesizer in the real world.

Joe

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From: Marc de Piolenc <piolenc at archivale.com>; To: <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>; Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Group Help Request Sent: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 10:46:58 AM 

Never thought much about doing it at small scale.

I suppose I would set up something like a wood lathe or a potter's wheel 
and work in some very soft material like low-density foam. Once I had 
the shape that I wanted, I suppose one could pour a mold around the 
master, melt or dissolve out the pattern and cast the final part in some 
suitable plastic, or even in aluminum if you were ambitious.

3D printing seems like the ultimate way to do it, though - the accuracy 
available is already better than what we would need, and if the inital 
results are not perfect, making changes and printing out another 
prototype is very quick.

Marc

On 10/28/2013 6:13 PM, Joe Perkel wrote:
> How can a home builder maintain that contour 360 Deg out of "X" material?
>
> Joe
>
> Sent from my overpriced
> iPhone
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> On Oct 28, 2013, at 2:57 AM, Marc de Piolenc <piolenc at archivale.com> wrote:
>
>> Quick clarification: a properly contoured Kort nozzle, MARRIED TO A MATCHING PROPELLER, will increase static and low-speed thrust. Of course it won't increase power, since that comes from your motor. If you just put a shroud around your existing prop, you will be disappointed, and a shroud that doesn't do the job is overpriced unless it's free! Key ingredients for success:
>>
>> Prop matched to the shroud
>> Shroud matched to the speed and thrust requirement of the vehicle
>> Motor matched to the resulting prop
>>
>> Marc
>>
>> On 10/28/2013 8:33 AM, Jon Wallace wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the cost of having a true Kort nozzle machined by a CNC? I think
>>> a 30% improvement in thrust for $30 would be great but I suspect
>>> machining a Kort is going to equate to many hundreds of dollars, if not
>>> reaching beyond a thousand.  When I look at the Snoopy underwater videos
>>> it is difficult to imagine a kort nozzle really making any difference in
>>> the operational experience given that the motors are operating very
>>> slowly and pushing Snoopy around at about 2 knots (estimated).  The
>>> props are designed for power, but that's what we want underwater.  True,
>>> a kort nozzle would increase that power but what is the return on the
>>> cost?  In other words, on a road with a speed limit of 30mph and no
>>> passing zones it doesn't matter whether you have a 1.6 liter or 5.4
>>> liter engine under the hood does it?
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