[PSUBS-MAILIST] McQueen K-250 Milestone

[T Novak via Personal_Submersibles]

Sounds great, Steve.

 

Best of luck with the continued tests and subsequent launch.

 

Tim

 

From: Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces at psubs.org] On Behalf Of Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:50 PM
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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] McQueen K-250 Milestone

 

All, today I feel like I have reached another significant milestone on my project, and sometimes the "celebration" of posting a status update is all the reward we get : )

 

Seven and a half years ago I started rebuilding an older K-250 from the bare hull up. Today I started testing the electrical systems (HP air systems have successfully been tested). It was rewarding to see the battery monitoring system, depth sounder, aft thruster actuator, interior lights all come to life as expected. The general electrical system seems healthy.

 

Later today I will try the thruster controllers. If I have a problem, it will be here. I am experimenting with "inexpensive" eBay controllers and I am emotionally preparing for a hardware failure. Maybe I will be presently surprised. If things go well I am on track for having enough operational systems to start my in water testing this year. Even if I have to rework the controllers I should be in the water next year for sure.

 

I am really looking forward to joining the "operational" sub guys.

 

Steve

 

 

 

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