<div dir="ltr">I'm not receiving the attachments, perhaps they are too big for the mail list or something. But if you see something looking like a tank between the hull and deck, chances are its one of the PVC tubes that hold the trawl floats for adjusting buoyancy.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:54 PM, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the attached photo the arrow points to what looks like a white tank between the pressure hull and the deck<br>
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<span class="">On Mon, 6/29/15, Private via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
</span> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 8:26 PM<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
Sorry Pete, I'm not getting it...<br>
What is what?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
> On Jun 29, 2015, at 7:20 PM, Pete Niedermayr via<br>
Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Alec, What is this ?<br>
><br>
> Pete<br>
> --------------------------------------------<br>
> On Mon, 6/29/15, via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:38 PM<br>
><br>
> Ok how about "malstrom" or "vortex",<br>
> perhaps "silent running". I was always going to name my<br>
boat<br>
> "lucky duck" but chose to keep her name "Arcturus",<br>
which<br>
> means bear hunter, and is a star in the constellation<br>
Ursa<br>
> Minor, or little bear.<br>
><br>
> Keith T.<br>
><br>
> Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> What about "Obama" seeing you come from the<br>
Capitol<br>
> City.What color are you painting it?Alan<br>
>> From: Pete<br>
Niedermayr via<br>
> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
><br>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:05 AM<br>
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
>> <br>
>> I'm calling my boat "George" (if I ever build it )<br>
. So<br>
> I claim that name.<br>
>><br>
>> Pete<br>
>> --------------------------------------------<br>
>> On Mon, 6/29/15, hank pronk via<br>
Personal_Submersibles<br>
> <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
>> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion"<br>
<<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 4:52 PM<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> A<br>
>> Manatee is slow and Graceful, also similar in<br>
shape.<br>
>> Manatee's also have a great nature.<br>
>> Hank<br>
>> --------------------------------------------<br>
>> On Mon, 6/29/15, Alec Smyth via<br>
>> Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Subject: Re:<br>
>> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
>> To:<br>
>> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> Received: Monday, June 29, 2015,<br>
5:10 PM<br>
>> <br>
>> "A<br>
>><br>
>> knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest<br>
>> sluggishness to me, but I think<br>
this little<br>
>> boat will move.<br>
>> My wife is suggesting<br>
>> "Shackleton" since I really<br>
>> like<br>
>> the fellow and he was a relative. So that one's in<br>
>> the lead, but I'm still pondering<br>
it. If<br>
>> she were a<br>
>> one-person, I would name her<br>
>> "Batchelors Delight"<br>
>> after a<br>
>> pirate ship that I think had the best name of all<br>
>> time. Yesterday I did<br>
something I hadn't<br>
>> done in a<br>
>> long time, and actually looked at<br>
>> a list of baby names. This<br>
>> is fun.<br>
>> <br>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at<br>
>> 1:48 PM, via Personal_Submersibles<br>
<<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi <br>
>> Alec,<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> How about "The<br>
>> Equalizer" or "A knot or<br>
>><br>
>> less".<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> Keith T.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> >Hi Alec,<br>
>> <br>
>> >Very nice sub with manly<br>
>> attributes. I would never have<br>
>> guessed<br>
>> that<br>
>> <br>
>> >when you<br>
>> mentioned a while ago that the stern would be<br>
>> surprising.<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >Love the<br>
>> Naughtylus name<br>
>> <br>
>> ><br>
>> <br>
>> >regards,<br>
>> <br>
>> >Antoine<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>> On 6/29/15, James Frankland via<br>
> Personal_Submersibles<br>
>> <br>
>> ><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>> Hi Alec,<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >> New sub<br>
>> looks great. With those ball floats at<br>
>><br>
>> the back it reminded me of<br>
>> <br>
>> >> "The Liberator" from an<br>
old<br>
>> BBC science<br>
>> fiction program called<br>
>> "Blakes 7".<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>> I was a big fan when I was a kid.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >><br>
>> <br>
>> >> <a href="https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg</a><br>
>> <br>
>> >><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40,<br>
Alan<br>
>> James via<br>
>> Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>> <br>
>> >> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> That's great thanks Alec,<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> I'll save that<br>
description<br>
>> with the dwg.<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> Alan<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> <br>
------------------------------<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *From:*<br>
>> Private via Personal_Submersibles<br>
>> <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *To:* Personal<br>
>> Submersibles General<br>
>> Discussion <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *Sent:*<br>
>> Monday,<br>
>> June 29, 2015 1:21 PM<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *Subject:* Re:<br>
>> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new<br>
>> sub<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Correct!<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> The little O<br>
>> ring under the threaded contacts<br>
>> on the<br>
>> hull side has two<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> purposes. It prevents water coming<br>
into<br>
> the<br>
>> sub<br>
>> if you drop the thruster,<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> but it also<br>
>> acts as a spring to maintain good<br>
>><br>
>> electrical contact. When<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> the<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> thruster is off, the sub side contact<br>
> sticks<br>
>> out very slightly above the<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >>> rest of the<br>
penetrator, so<br>
>> when you draw the<br>
>> motor toward the sub<br>
>> the<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> contact<br>
>> squeezes its O ring.<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> The contacts on the sub side go through a nylon<br>
>> insert sealed with O<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> rings<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> and locked by a<br>
shoulder in the<br>
>> SS insert. On<br>
>> the thruster side the<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> contacts and<br>
>> cables are potted, but because the<br>
>> thruster<br>
>> is oil filled<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> the<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> potting is not subject to any<br>
pressure.<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> The bolt has a<br>
>> shaft seal that prevents it<br>
>> being pushed<br>
>> into the sub if<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> you drop the thruster.<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> The thrusters are<br>
fixed, not<br>
>> rotating. The<br>
>> benefit of this design is<br>
>> that<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> there<br>
>> are neither cables nor tubes to sever -<br>
>> you<br>
>> just need to switch off<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> power to the thruster before dropping<br>
it,<br>
>> and<br>
>> the dropping itself is just<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> three or four<br>
>> turns of a bolt.<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Alec<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> On Jun 28,<br>
>> 2015, at 7:55 PM, Alan James<br>
>> via<br>
>> Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> I think I understand it now.<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> The 2 bolts are the<br>
electrical<br>
>> through hulls<br>
>> & you wind the<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> central nut to<br>
>> push the unit off. The electrics<br>
>> would<br>
>> unplug in the<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> process.<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> Alan<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> <br>
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>> <br>
>> >>> *From:* hank<br>
>> pronk via<br>
>> Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *To:* Personal<br>
>> Submersibles General Discussion<br>
>> <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> *Sent:* Monday,<br>
>> June 29, 2015 10:02 AM<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's<br>
>> new<br>
>> sub<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> Alec,<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Nice<br>
>> project, I like the trawl floats in the<br>
>><br>
>> back, it is so different!<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> The first thing that comes to mind when<br>
I<br>
>> see<br>
>> your new build is, Manatee.<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> You sure have<br>
>> put in a lot of time on this. I<br>
>> like the<br>
>> jettisoning<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> system, it is the same idea as Gamma's<br>
>><br>
>> tail, very simple and clean. The<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> bellows are very<br>
nice!<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Nice video, you<br>
>> have good control of the<br>
>> sub.<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Hank<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> --------------------------------------------<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> On Sat,<br>
>> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via<br>
>><br>
>> Personal_Submersibles <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >>> To:<br>
>><br>
>> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Received:<br>
>> Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM<br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Hey<br>
>> everyone, I'm<br>
>> <br>
>> >>> breaking cover with<br>
the project<br>
>> sub. It is in<br>
>> need of a<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >>> name. If the pictures<br>
inspire<br>
>> any thoughts that<br>
>> are not<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> >>> rude, I'm all ears<br>
for<br>
>> suggested names!<br>
>> <br>
>><br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/</a><br>
>> <br>
>> >>><br>
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>> >>><br>
>> <br>
>> >>> Best,<br>
>> <br>
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