<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV> Lasse,</DIV><DIV> I was thinking it would be fun to build a probe similar to what you have in mind. Could be used to gather various data.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Lasse Schmidt Westrén via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "Torpedo"-build<BR>Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:33:04 +0200<BR><BR></DIV><P dir="ltr">Thank you Hank,</P></DIV>
<P dir="ltr">A lot of useful info, we have not been thinking about the exhaust air so we will implement that Into the design. Thank you!<BR>
Any other thoughts are welcome!
</P><P dir="ltr">Cheers Lasse
<DIV><BR><DIV>Den 12 sep. 2016 2:14 em skrev "hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles" <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>>:<BR><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;"><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>Lasse,</SPAN></DIV><DIV dir="ltr"><SPAN>I have experimented with air drills as thrusters on a log salvage ROV and it worked well, as long as you add an exhaust pipe to the drill. The exhaust air must be carried away from the propeller. This works but the drill will not last long, it is the gear box that fails. I would suggest a smaller prop and go with a die grinder or any air tool with no gear head. The vane motor will last a long time.</SPAN></DIV><DIV dir="ltr"><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <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"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, September 12, 2016 5:45 AM, Lasse Schmidt Westrén via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV dir="ltr">Hey guys,<DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>My crew friends at submarine Malen are planning to build a torpedo-ish machine to fool around with in the evenings. </DIV><DIV>We are thinking of taking a scuba-tank, connecting a simple motor from an air drill and connecting a propeller to it. We are planning to use RC for steering and heading hold via a gyro. </DIV><DIV>Have anyone tried and have input on this?</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Cheers, Lasse<BR><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV><DIV dir="ltr"><DIV><DIV dir="ltr"><DIV><DIV><SPAN><BR></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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