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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] newbie questions
Hi,
Last time I contacted George he was thinking of
building another diesel-electric for himself.
The one he built years ago was a "planter" up in
Alaska the best he could remember.
Regards,
Ray
--- vbra676539@aol.com wrote:
> I saw it, crawled around on it, talked about it. I
> think the hull was about three feet longer than
> normal, flanged as you suspected. There was
> something tricky about the angle the exhaust to help
> it evacutate without backflooding, but I don't know
> much about it beyond just chatting. It was, I think,
> a K-350--pretty much a two-man version with a baby
> diesel instead of a passenger. I'm thinking it must
> have been pretty hot in there, and pretty noisy.
> George just grinned about it. Said all the diesel
> boats he commanded were pretty noisy, too. I think
> that was the second diesel he built, and he might
> even still have it.
> Vance
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alec.Smyth@compuware.com
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Sent: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:01 PM
> Subject: RE: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] newbie questions
>
>
> I've heard George cut the hull towards the stern and
> put flanges on each
> of the two parts to bolt it together, but I have no
> idea if he had to
> lengthen it -- in a photo it looks the same as a
> normal K-350. He had a
> snorkel that looks about 3-4 feet tall behind the
> coning tower. The
> snorkel had a poppet valve at the top to shut it off
> upon submerging,
> but also of course a hull stop on the inside. The
> snorkel was not piped
> to the engine, it simply allowed air into the cabin
> and the diesel took
> air from the cabin atmosphere. Cooling was via sea
> water. Exhaust was
> into the water. Transmission via a standard marine
> gearbox with forward
> and reverse. I have only seen a photo, and spoken to
> George about it
> briefly, so that's the sum total of what I know
> about the diesel
> electric K-350. Do we have anyone on the list who
> has actually seen it
> in person?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alec
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On
> Behalf Of Thomas
> Doster
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:40 AM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] newbie questions
>
>
> Is there any more information available on this? Did
> he have to extend
> the hull at all?
>
> On 9/15/06, Smyth, Alec <Alec.Smyth@compuware.com>
> wrote:
> > Welcome aboard Kory. Kittredge made a successful
> diesel electric
> > version of the K-350 using a 7 HP diesel. I
> believe he had either 6 or
>
> > 8 group 24 batteries.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> > Alec
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On
> Behalf Of kory
> > mosteller
> > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 7:59 PM
> > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] newbie questions
> >
> >
> > so I've been on this list for the better part of a
> year and have had
> > the
> >
> > idea of designing and building my own sub for
> almost 20 years now.
> Of
> > course, the first 10 years or so I was foiled by
> the fact that even if
>
> > i
> >
> > managed to build a sub on my allowence, I would
> have never been able
> > to convince my parents to help me transport
> something that heavy to
> > the water that they believed would probably be the
> death of me. At
> > this point, my wife
> > is a little more supportive and the ideas are
> seeming a little more
> > feasible. i do have a few basic questions though-
> > for a 2 man diesel/elec, what is a reasonable
> amount to HPA and
> > batteries to
> > have on board? ie- how much air does a
> dive/trim/surface take on
> > somthing
> > slightly larger than a K350? how many batteries do
> most of you guys
> > carry/recomend onboard?
> > i'm sure i'll have many more questions to come,
> but these are part of
> > the
> > initial hull design (making sure there's room
> enough for all the
> > essentials
> > and 2 people while keeping it under 10,000 lbs).
> > thanks in advance,
> > kory in so. cal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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