Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Open source submarine

["Dan H." <JMachine@adelphia.net>]

There is no reason to even think of designing a PSUB with  commercial value.
PSUB is just what it means, your own personal "money pit."  It's expensive
enough to build a sub to near ABS standards with out paying for the many
inspections and testing required to certify it.  That and lawyers are what
drove Captain Kittredge out of the business.  Commercial subs are in one
class and P-Subs are in another class.  So far I have around ten thousand in
my K-350 and the only work I had to farm out was rolling the hull steel.
There is no cheep way to build a sub, let alone a sub for commercial
applications.

Dan H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Standfuss" <MerlinSub@t-online.de>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Open source submarine


> An open source sub - means an non commerzial vessel.
>
> It schould be designed close to the classification rules
> - so the vessel is save. And his widow has the chanche to get
> the money from the insurance company..
>
> In the moment you have in the eye to make this to a commerzial project -
> its is not longer a Psub - and I am out .. or somebody has to pay my
> bill for the hours I spend (maybe) to the project..
>
> So the drawing should be labeled : "Not for commerzial porpose"..
>
> regards Carsten
>
>
> Fly Deep schrieb:
> >
> > I haven't had time to read all of the e-mails that are concerning this
> > "Open Source Submarine Project" But what I've seen so far is GREAT.
> > It's why I joined this site and I was a little disappointed in the
> > beginning but I dident want to say any thing. I dident feel it was my
> > place to say any thing.  I've learned that some times the best thing
> > to say is nothing at all, and that most good things fix them selves.
> > I belive that the concept of designing a new and very bulidabel
> > personal submarine is very good and that it should be designed around
> > the requirements of ABS and should have the capacity to be used for
> > making money after it's built.  In other words, if cretin criteria are
> > met through the construction stages then it should become an inspected
> > vessel and could be used as such.  If we're going to do this then lets
> > do it right.
> >
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