Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine Tech

["Ryan Johnson" <tree_of_life_@hotmail.com>]

The engine I am comsidering is a stirling 2 cylinder 2 stroke engine... It 
is a fabulous engine for conversion... extremly thick block... Very heavy, 
very expensive.


>From: dinosnider666@spacemail.com
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine Tech
>Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:38:45 -0600 (MDT)
>
> > improvemnt over 4 stroke engines and work great with H/gas. I had talked 
>to
> > someone over the inet a few weeks back who had designed one where the 
>water
> > outside the hull was sucked into a tank where hydrogen was striped away 
>and
> > fed to the engine in a continuous cycle. Seems pretty neat but I have my
> > doubts, any thoughts?)
> >>Yeah -Ryan blew up a gasoline motor in high school, trying to convert 
>over to hydrogen. I guess temperature is very important.
>He has his eye on this one motor for pulling cable on big ships.
>I plan to use isolation mounts on all noisy bits. Not hard - based on 
>torpedo. Also read up on 'acoustically trasparent' materials -maybe later.
>Good news - found patent for roll-your-own super AGM batteries - optima 
>spiralcells. Looking into kitbashing brushless motor next. (Doing hybrid 
>recumbent also - trying to use basic off-the-self for quick-start and 
>uphill only. Regenerative braking.
>D.
>

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