<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>How about "Ben Dover" to celebrate the new Supreme Court ruling !</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<BR>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:24:26 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>What about "Obama" seeing you come from the Capitol City.</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>What color are you painting it?</SPAN></DIV><DIV>Alan</DIV><BR> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"> <HR size="1"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2"> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">From:</SPAN></B> Pete Niedermayr 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> Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:05 AM<BR> <B><SPAN style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub<BR> </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR>I'm calling my boat "George" (if I ever build it ) . So I claim that name.<BR><BR>Pete<BR>--------------------------------------------<BR>On Mon, 6/29/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> 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, 4:52 PM<BR> <BR> <BR> A<BR> Manatee is slow and Graceful, also similar in 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, 5:10 PM<BR> <BR> "A<BR> <BR> knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest<BR> sluggishness to me, but I think 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 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 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 <<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> <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 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> <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 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">https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg</A><BR> <BR> >><BR> <BR> <BR> >> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40, 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> >>><BR> That's great thanks Alec,<BR> <BR> >>> I'll save that 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 into 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 sticks<BR> out very slightly above the<BR> <BR> <BR> >>> rest of the 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> >>><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 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 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 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 it,<BR> and<BR> the dropping itself is just<BR> <BR> >>> three or four<BR> turns of a bolt.<BR> <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> >>><BR> I think I understand it now.<BR> <BR> >>> The 2 bolts are the 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> >>> ------------------------------<BR> <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> >>><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 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 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> >>><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 the project<BR> sub. It is in<BR> need of a<BR> <BR> <BR> >>> name. If the pictures inspire<BR> any thoughts that<BR> are not<BR> <BR> <BR> >>> rude, I'm all ears for<BR> suggested names!<BR> <BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/">http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>> Best,<BR> <BR> >>> Alec<BR> <BR> >>> -----Inline<BR> Attachment Follows-----<BR> <BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >>><BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <BR> >>> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >>><BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <BR> >>> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>> <BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >>><BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <BR> >>> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >>><BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <BR> >>> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >>><BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <BR> >>> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> >>> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >>><BR> <BR> >><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> >_______________________________________________<BR> <BR> >Personal_Submersibles<BR> mailing list<BR> <BR> ><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> ><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> <BR> Personal_Submersibles<BR> mailing list<BR> <BR> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <BR> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR> <BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR> <BR> <BR> _______________________________________________<BR> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR> <A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR> <A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</A><BR><A href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</A><BR><BR></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> </DIV>_______________________________________________
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