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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] water jet



Susan,

I gave Jose my brother’s phone number, don’t know why he hasn’t called me.  Seems high but it is just a number to make NUWC happy.  It has to be greater than or equal to 90% for us to get a good grade.

R/J2

 

Jay K. Jeffries

Andros Is., Bahamas


A skimmer afloat is but a submarine, so poorly built it will not plunge…

 

 

 


From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of vbra676539@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:40 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] water jet

 

Jon, A scuba diver could stop the saucer if he was braced on the bottom. It was good in still water, but not in currents. And, of course, no one else ever used it, which ought to say something. Vance 

 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: jon@psubs.org
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] water jet

Yep, that's what I recall as well.  At 1,000 feet you probably don't want to be going too much faster anyway lest you bump into an unseen obstruction and ruin your day.  The slow speed is probably a virtue when using the sub for research purposes, however I wonder if in some parts of the world it would be able to hold its own against a strong current.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]On Behalf Of vbra676539@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 10:29 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] water jet

 Alec, I just looked at Ned Shenton's book to verify this. The saucer used a 2 hp dc motor to drive the pump and got about one knot out of it at full speed. Vance


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