<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span></span></div><div></div><div>Vance, sounds like you could use the same setup I am working on with minimal work. </div><div><br></div><div>That's a good idea about making a plug mold for the ID of the kort nozzle and just using simple FRP layup against the plug mold to make light correctly shaped nozzles. FRP would be plenty strong. I may try that at some point. For my current workover, I don't have the time as I am doing a lot of consulting work this quarter. I have a friend that owns a machine shop. He has some very sweet CNCs. I email him a STEP file of the parts to fabricate that I generate from Autodesk Inventor. He then has some software that lets him set up his CNC based on the STEP files and
like magic, out comes the parts. The only problem I have is that he is backup with work right now. I am using this approach for the first set of kort nozzles.</div><div><br></div><div>Cliff</div><div><br><br><br><br></div><div><br>Cliff Redus<br>Redus Engineering<br>USA mobile: 830-931-1280<br>cliffordredus@sbcglobal.com </div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Vance Bradley via
Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 28, 2014 5:38 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] thruster sizing etc<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6851324298"><div><div>My boat was 36 & 12 originally, and I've got a half dozen MK-101s ready and willing. Four to mount on the sub DW2000 style and spares. I'll be looking forward to your test results. Are you building a plug for fiberglass nozzles? Perry did that. The inner contour is the only critical factor, and the made them on a polished wood mandril in the shop. Cheap to fabricate, plenty rigid and weighed just a few ounces.</div><div>Vance</div><div><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div
class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv6851324298yqt8923876621" id="yiv6851324298yqt56813"><div><br clear="none">On Sep 28, 2014, at 6:27 PM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span></span></div><div>If you can wire your main battery bank for 36V, maybe you could use the same Mk-101/Kort Nozzle and air compensation that I am using? I don't mind sharing but you might want wait and see how it works.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cliff<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br
clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none">Cliff Redus<br clear="none">Redus Engineering<br clear="none">USA mobile: 830-931-1280<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:cliffordredus@sbcglobal.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:cliffordredus@sbcglobal.com">cliffordredus@sbcglobal.com</a> </div><div><br clear="none"></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div class="yiv6851324298hr" style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Vance Bradley via Personal_Submersibles <<a
href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:39 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] thruster sizing etc<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv6851324298y_msg_container"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv6851324298"><div><div>Okay, I'm changing props. And I'm trying to figure an appropriate bribe for that nozzle design. My first born child is busy. What's your second
choice?</div><div>Vance<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv6851324298qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv6851324298yqt9495323229" id="yiv6851324298yqt46114"><div><br clear="none">On Sep 28, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div></div><span></span><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Alan I will put my two
cents in on thruster for psubs.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">I went down a similar
path to yours in trying to sort out thrusters for the upgrade on the R300 and
the new boat I am designing, the R500. I looked at existing off the shelf
thrusters for ROVs. They are nice but expensive. I got a quote
about 6 months back from Robo Marine in Indonesia as well, the company you
visited during your recent Indonesian trip. My assessment was they were too
costly for a home built for a 100 lbf thruster. I also looked into
designing a thruster with a kort nozzle. It looked like it was going to
take quite a bit of engineering to sort this out so I abandoned this approach.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">I have settled on using four Minn Kota 101 lower
units for each boat. I have them sitting in my shop. For the R300, I am
using two fixed horizontals for propulsion /yaw control and two fixed vertical
for pitch control /vertical station keeping. You have to love
the MK 101's. They are super quite, powerful and the motor controllers
work great with built in protection against slamming the units from full forward
to full reversion. They are also potted.<span>
</span>On the motor controller, I did dome playing around with these with a
MK-101 lower unit. I removed the hardwired potentiometer that comes with
the controller so that I could confirm that it was just a 0-5 analog VDC signal
that was driving the controller and it was. If you listen to the
controller, there is a built in relay that electrically isolates the controller
when you are in the deadband around 2.5 VDC. This keeps the thruster
from draining the batteries when the boat is parked. About two
weeks ago, I gave the machine shop I use the drawings for mounting the kort
nozzles and for the nozzles themselves.<span> </span>I
am waiting on these parts.<span> </span><span> </span>I went with a Wageningen series 37. This is a
good shape when both forward and reversing thrust are important. I decided
to go with Kipawa high performance three bladed props.<span> </span>These are also in my shop ready to be
installed in the kort nozzles. I have decided to go with air pressure
compensation on the MK's and am using the pressure reducing regulator that Hugh
Fulton came up with mounting upside down for the reasons you mentioned. I
place an order using the Psubs discount through Subconn for MCBH3M bulkhead connectors
and all the cables for the four thrusters for the R300.<span> </span><span> </span>I designed
an adaptor to mate with MK 101 lower unit and the machine shop is currently
fabriacating these.<span> </span>I have one three
axis joy stick Digikey (APEM) 679-2264-ND (HFX33S10) in my shop that I am going
to use to control all four thrusters.<span> </span>I
am going to run these through the PLC in the R300 so that I can program
different interaction between the thrusters but you could use the joy stick to directly
to control the thrusters as each axis gives a 0-5 VDC analog output signal with
a 2.5 VDC centralized position.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">I am using he exact same
set up on the R500 with the exception that I have tilted the vertical thrusters
to get sidal movement of the boat. </span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: black;">I agree with both Alec
and Hank, yes, there are some nice features to being able to rotate the
vertical thrusters but to me, the KISS aspect of fixed thrusters out ways these
for psubs. <span> </span>Hopeful I will have the
workover done on the boat in time for Islamorada next summer if we hold the
2015 Psub convention in Florida again.</span></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div></div><div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Cliff</div><div><br clear="none"></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: none; height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;"></div> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a
href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:40 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] thruster sizing etc<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div><br clear="none"><div id="yiv6851324298"><div><div>Thanks Alec that was helpful.</div><div>Is that the normal mode of operation, having the side thrusters locked</div><div>vertical? Were you putting them in reverse or just relying on positive buoyancy.</div><div>I was planning on having side thrusters that are rotated by electric motors, so my </div><div>hands are just on a couple of joy sticks controlling all the motor functions.</div><div>I liked the idea of using rotating side thrusters so that I could have double the
power travelling</div><div>horizontally if need be. Also there would be no need to ramp the motors down to change </div><div>from forward to reverse.</div><div>Any thoughts on the pros or cons of this anyone?</div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div id="yiv6851324298yqt89622"><div><br clear="none">On 28/09/2014, at 4:55 pm, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Alan,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>On the stern, snoopy has a 55 lb Minnkota. The side thrusters are actually of unknown thrust, they came with Snoopy and are Motorguides but I'm not exactly sure which model. My estimate would be
about 40 lbs (each). What you saw in Florida would have been forward motion based on the stern thruster alone, as I was using the side thrusters just for depth keeping, locked vertical. The K250 has very limited battery capacity, carrying three batteries in the standard design and four in Snoopy. I find the thrusters well proportioned to
the limited battery capacity. The bottom line is that a K250 has perfectly adequate thrusters and batteries for diving, but not enough for surface runs. Something in the league of Minnkota 101s is great, but only on subs with battery pods.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Best,</div><div><br clear="none">Alec </div></div><div><br clear="none"><div>On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">Alec,<br clear="none">
what size motors do you have on Snoopy?<br clear="none">
I remember watching you disappear into the blue surprisingly quickly in Florida.<br clear="none">
Were you using the stern & side thrusters simultaneously?<br clear="none">
Are you happy with the speed?<br clear="none">
I have spent a LOT of time Googling brushless motors & haven't come up with<br clear="none">
an easy solution.<br clear="none">
I was looking particularly at inrunner motors, as they have a couple of advantages<br clear="none">
over outrunners, however outrunners have lower revs. Whatever, they are both going<br clear="none">
to need gearing down majorly & matching up with a planetary gear isn't looking easy.<br clear="none">
Most of the motors that are available are found at Hobby King & are lightweight & made<br clear="none">
mainly for model planes. So their strength & ability to sustain several hours of<br clear="none">
continual operation are in question.<br clear="none">
Must be a solution out there because 9 out of 10 thruster manufacturers are using brushless motors & I doubt they would be making there own.<br clear="none">
Alan<br clear="none">
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