Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] My PSUB Explorer

[Alan Winick <subguy33@yahoo.com>]

Brent:

44 lbs each, port and starboard. Two-blade Minn-Kota
prop.

Alan

--- Brent Shaw <drydivenz@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello alan
> 
> How much thrust are the current motors?
> 
> Brent - nz
> 
> --- Alan Winick <subguy33@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > My name is Alan Winick and I'm sending a photo of
> my
> > submarine Explorer to the site. I dreamed of
> > building
> > a sub since I was 11 (about 35 years ago).I
> > completed
> > it in 1998 after many years of planning, including
> > several visits with George Kittredge and intense
> > study
> > of numerous vehicles. Busby was my bible!
> > 
> > Explorer is a single place, one-atmosphere sub.
> It's
> > 8' LOA and weighs in at 2300 lbs. Design depth is
> > 250'
> > and deepest dive to date is 120'. Viewing is
> through
> > 7
> > flat ports in the conning tower and a plexi bow
> dome
> > fabricated for me by Greg Cottrell. Propulsion is
> > three air-compensated Minn-Kotas running off two
> > series 27 marine gel batteries carried inside the
> > hull. Cabin atmosphere is air refreshed with O2.
> An
> > O2
> > analyzer and CO2 scrubber are carried.
> > 
> > Although Explorer is active, it spends most of its
> > time on exhibit at The Maritime Aquarium in
> Norwalk,
> > CT. I am deeply involved in science education
> using
> > the submarine as a teaching tool.
> > 
> > But on to my question. I need more thrust. I'm
> > sure the motors are powerful enough and suspect
> that
> > I
> > need props more suited to my application than the
> > stock ones supplied with the motor. Maybe more
> > pitch,
> > blade area? Anybody? Thanks.
> > 
> > Alan 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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