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Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 07:44
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Submarine
motors
I'm actually in Chicago, but in 3 months I'll be moving back to Southern
Cali. (somewhere between Lancaster/Palmdale
and Bakersfield). I have alot of design concepts
for almost every stage of my sub's production kickin around in my head, in
various forms of dissaray, and some things out on the computer, but currently
im spending every spare minute trying to learn how to use SolidWorks 2004 so
that I can put something together that's more finite and...um...solid?
Lol.
The submarine escape simulator sounds really interesting..
I'd like feedback from everyone on a project I'm working on. Its
a highly portable, compartmentalized, flexible, custom, adjustable (more
adjectives!!!!) system for diver assisted submarine recovery in a condition of
full ballasting loss, and takes into consideration the possibility of not
being able to release the manual drop weight.
I'm a
certified and well practiced deep diver and have been (breifly) down to 220
feet on normal air. So i'm comfortable with depths that some
people might not be comfy trying to escape unnasisted from.
Anyhow, I've contacted a couple salvage companies, and even gotten OEM
pricelists in order to put my system together. If I can get a
working iteration of it before the conference I'd like to try it on someone's
"artificially stricken" sub if we have time. It is designed not
only to raise the sub to the surface completely standalone of the sub's own
ballasting system, but in a controlled manner and also, to provide enough
freeboard at the surface for safe evacuation and sub stability.
What I
need from you all....
1) A rough idea of how many pounds of
positive buoyancy would be required to raise your stricken sub. Note: im
not looking for the dry weight of your sub, rather the um..."wet" weight, your
buoyancy displacement when fully deballasted including your dropweight.
2)
If you think this is stupid or not... tell me. I've already got it
all figured out, have already begun purchasing supplies.
Ken
I wasnt sure yet if I was intending to produce a completed
product, and market it extremely affordable to the Psub community, or if I
just want to get units out there to our various locations in order to add an
extra degree of safety for all my water-faring brethren...
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