Alec,
Thanks for the update! Will be interesting to see the HPS
at the conference if he makes it. OMER has definitely been the
team to beat for quite some time. FAU is planning to go back to the
drawing board after this race as their sub is definitely aged.
R/Jay
Respectfully,
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 Smyth, Alec
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 4:34 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New World-Record Speed Set At International
Human-powered Submarine Races; 'Batwing And Manta Ray-like' Power
Omer 5 has a removable memory stick that the pilot plugs in. It has
his individual preferences such as variable pitch settings and parameters
governing the control surfaces. It also saves all sorts of parameters during
the race for analysis on a poolside laptop. This way they make adjustments
between runs. I saw data for a run and the interesting thing is that at the end
of the 100m they were still accelerating.
The two crewmembers also have panels that give them real time
feedback on a number of parameters using simple led arrays.
The sub is all fly-by-wire, with little servos moving the control
surfaces.
Alec
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of vbra676539@aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:34 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New World-Record Speed Set At International
Human-powered Submarine Races; 'Batwing And Manta Ray-like' Power
Jay, Pic came through fine, as
did Joe's link of the current crop. Cool stuff. I used to have a neighbor up
here in PSL who was the ENGINE for FAU's sub for a couple of seasons. Can't
remember his name, but that boy had some pins on him, let me tell you. And some
lungs, no doubt. Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay K. Jeffries <bottomgun@mindspring.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:09 pm
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New World-Record Speed Set At International
Human-powered Submarine Races; 'Batwing And Manta Ray-like' Power
Vance,
Yes it is exciting. The Omer Team has dominated
recent races and will be very hard to beat. I assisted with the first
races in California held in a tow tank…water was extremely cold with
visibility not being great but did get a chance to help set a world’s
record speed with my alma mater’s team from FAU. There is a lot of
camaraderie among teams at the races but teams are really serious as you note.
Here is the only image that I have from the races, not sure if it will make it
through the web server:
R/Jay
Respectfully,
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
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On Behalf Of vbra676539@aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:18 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New World-Record Speed Set At International
Human-powered Submarine Races; 'Batwing And Manta Ray-like' Power
Jay, Exciting stuff. I used to do some beach work when Perry
hosted this thing, and that was fun. But these folks seem REALLY serious by
comparison, don't they? I'm looking forward to pictures of the new stuff
from Canada. Vance
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