[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub

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Mon Jun 29 21:26:55 EDT 2015


Sorry Pete, I'm not getting it... What is what?



> On Jun 29, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Alec, What is this ?
> 
> Pete
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> On Mon, 6/29/15, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:38 PM
> 
> Ok how about "malstrom" or "vortex",
> perhaps "silent running". I was always going to name my boat
> "lucky duck" but chose to keep her name "Arcturus", which
> means bear hunter, and is a star in the constellation Ursa
> Minor, or little bear.
> 
> Keith T. 
> 
> Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> What about "Obama" seeing you come from the Capitol
> City.What color are you painting it?Alan
>>       From: Pete Niedermayr via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>>    
>> I'm calling my boat "George" (if I ever build it ) . So
> I claim that name.
>> 
>> Pete
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>> On Mon, 6/29/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles
> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 4:52 PM
>> 
>> 
>> A
>> Manatee is slow and Graceful, also similar in shape. 
>> Manatee's also have a great nature.
>> Hank
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>> On Mon, 6/29/15, Alec Smyth via
>> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>   Subject: Re:
>> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>>   To:
>> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>   Received: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:10 PM
>>   
>>   "A
>> 
>> knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest
>>   sluggishness to me, but I think this little
>> boat will move.
>>   My wife is suggesting
>> "Shackleton" since I really
>>   like
>> the fellow and he was a relative. So that one's in
>>   the lead, but I'm still pondering it. If
>> she were a
>>   one-person, I would name her
>> "Batchelors Delight"
>>   after a
>> pirate ship that I think had the best name of all
>>   time.  Yesterday I did something I hadn't
>> done in a
>>   long time, and actually looked at
>> a list of baby names. This
>>   is fun.
>>   
>>   On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at
>>   1:48 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>   wrote:
>>   Hi   
>>     Alec,
>>   
>> 
>> 
>>   
>>   How about "The
>> Equalizer" or "A knot or
>> 
>> less".
>>   
>>   
>>   
>>   Keith T.
>> 
>> 
>>   
>>   
>> 
>> Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>   wrote:
>>   
>>   
>>   
>>   >Hi Alec,
>>   
>>   >Very nice sub with manly
>> attributes. I would never have
>>   guessed
>> that
>>   
>>   >when you
>> mentioned a while ago that the stern would be
>>   surprising.
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >Love the
>> Naughtylus name
>>   
>>   >
>>   
>>   >regards,
>>   
>>   >Antoine
>> 
>> 
>>   >
>>   
>> 
>>> On 6/29/15, James Frankland via
> Personal_Submersibles
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>>   wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>>> Hi Alec,
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >> New sub
>> looks great.  With those ball floats at
>> 
>> the back it reminded me of
>>   
>>   >> "The Liberator" from an old
>> BBC science
>>   fiction program called
>> "Blakes 7".
>>   
>> 
>>>> I was a big fan when I was a kid.
>> 
>> 
>>   >>
>>   
>>   >> https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg
>>   
>>   >>
>> 
>> 
>>   >> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40, Alan
>> James via
>>   Personal_Submersibles <
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>>   >> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>   wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >>>
>> That's great thanks Alec,
>>   
>>   >>> I'll save that description
>> with the dwg.
>>   
>> 
>>>>> Alan
>>   
>> 
>>   
>> 
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>>   >>> *Subject:* Re:
>> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new
>>   sub
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> Correct!
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> The little O
>> ring under the threaded contacts
>>   on the
>> hull side has two
>>   
>> 
>>>>> purposes. It prevents water coming into
> the
>> sub
>>   if you drop the thruster,
>>   
>>   >>> but it also
>> acts as a spring to maintain good
>> 
>> electrical contact. When
>>   
>> 
>>>>> the
>>   
>> 
>>>>> thruster is off, the sub side contact
> sticks
>>   out very slightly above the
>> 
>> 
>>   >>> rest of the penetrator, so
>> when you draw the
>>   motor toward the sub
>> the
>>   
>>   >>> contact
>> squeezes its O ring.
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >>>
>> The contacts on the sub side go through a nylon
>>   insert sealed with O
>>   
>>   >>> rings
>>   
>>   >>> and locked by a shoulder in the
>> SS insert. On
>>   the thruster side the
>>   
>>   >>> contacts and
>> cables are potted, but because the
>>   thruster
>> is oil filled
>>   
>> 
>>>>> the
>>   
>> 
>>>>> potting is not subject to any pressure.
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> The bolt has a
>> shaft seal that prevents it
>>   being pushed
>> into the sub if
>>   
>> 
>>>>> you drop the thruster.
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> The thrusters are fixed, not
>> rotating. The
>>   benefit of this design is
>> that
>>   
>>   >>> there
>> are neither cables nor tubes to sever -
>>   you
>> just need to switch off
>>   
>> 
>>>>> power to the thruster before dropping it,
>> and
>>   the dropping itself is just
>>   
>>   >>> three or four
>> turns of a bolt.
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >>>
>> Best,
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> Alec
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> On Jun 28,
>> 2015, at 7:55 PM, Alan James
>>   via
>> Personal_Submersibles <
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>>   wrote:
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >>>
>> I think I understand it now.
>>   
>>   >>> The 2 bolts are the electrical
>> through hulls
>>   & you wind the
>>   
>>   >>> central nut to
>> push the unit off. The electrics
>>   would
>> unplug in the
>>   
>> 
>>>>> process.
>>   
>> 
>>>>> Alan
>>   
>> 
>>   
>> 
>>>>>    ------------------------------
>>   
>>   >>>  *From:* hank
>> pronk via
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>>   >>> *Sent:* Monday,
>> June 29, 2015 10:02 AM
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>> 
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's
>> new
>>   sub
>>   
>> 
>>   
>>   >>>
>> Alec,
>>   
>>   >>> Nice
>> project, I like the trawl floats in the
>> 
>> back, it is so different!
>>   
>> 
>>>>> The first thing that comes to mind when I
>> see
>>   your new build is, Manatee.
>>   
>>   >>> You sure have
>> put in a lot of time on this.  I
>>   like the
>> jettisoning
>>   
>>   >>>
>> system, it is the same idea as Gamma's
>> 
>> tail, very simple and clean.  The
>>   
>>   >>> bellows are very nice!
>>   
>>   >>> Nice video, you
>> have good control of the
>>   sub.
>>   
>>   >>> Hank
>>   
>>   >>>
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>> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via
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>>   >>> Received:
>>   Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> Hey
>>   everyone, I'm
>>   
>>   >>> breaking cover with the project
>> sub. It is in
>>   need of a
>> 
>> 
>>   >>> name. If the pictures inspire
>> any thoughts that
>>   are not
>> 
>> 
>>   >>> rude, I'm all ears for
>> suggested names!
>>   
>> 
>>>>> http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/
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>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>>
>>   
>>   >>> Best,
>>   
>>   >>> Alec
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