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Carsten I'm blue with envy. ; )'
Cheers, Brent "I'm going away, and when I return I shall come back!" - Charlie Chaplin, Gold Rush > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The spirit... > From: MerlinSub@t-online.de > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 17:39:00 +0000 > > > Hi Peter : > > First Layer epoxi-zinc > second epxoi your black > third epoxi your black again > and final a nice blue antifouling > > plesae send around 3000 euro to my account.. > > ;-) > > "Peter Madsen" <peter@submarines.dk> schrieb: > > Carsten, > > > > Unlike me you likely launch a finished boat... > > > > -Do I get to decide the color of CSSX if i become official sponsor ? I want > > it black ! What does it cost ? > > > > Regards, > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <MerlinSub@t-online.de> > > To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 11:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The spirit... > > > > > > > > I Peter, > > > > today I install the anchor winch. > > Its a standard one for motorboats. > > Just later filled with oil on a compensating back. > > Next days I will make the chain way clear. > > > > Over one tons of lead now in the boat. > > > > Tomorrow Arne will come and start to install > > the 400 V AC-Wires in the engine comparment. > > > > Emile send me just to portholes for the pressure > > part of the sail. > > > > And I order just the side scan sonar. > > > > Hope to get late 2008 into the water. > > No race I am slower than you.. > > > > See you at least on the 2009 Convention in Kiel. > > > > Regards Carsten > > > > > > "Peter Madsen" <peter@submarines.dk> schrieb: > > > Dear Psubbers... > > > > > > > > > > > > I wish to share with you some of the spirit of our "Copenhagen school of > > > submarines"- for the sole reason that I would wish that you could be here > > > and experience the thrill. > > > > > > Our submarine, the UC-3 Nautilus got her rudder today. Her engines - both > > > electric - and diesels are being mounted and progress is as fast as ever. > > > > > > What's happening here might look like what the professionals do - but > > > don´t be deceived - we are amateurs to the fingertips. Submarines are > > > traditionally extremely detailed planed - and must be because it all > > > depends on delicate balances between volume, weight, power, hydrodynamics > > > and more. Normally you calculate and draw to the outmost detail. > > > > > > We don´t. We design as we go along - keeping our options ( in every > > > sense ) open to good ideas all the way... > > > > > > Imagine at football match like that: all kicks are complex Newtonian > > > physics - ballistic trajectory calculation at a high level; catching a > > > ball is about as complex as intercepting a ballistic missile warhead - and > > > it must all be done at very high speed - incredible high speed for the > > > game to function. The human brain can do that - like it can manually fly a > > > mach two aircraft and hunt down a bear - but it does NOT do it in a > > > conscient way - in goes on in the spine - at subconscient level. Here the > > > human brain is a supercomputer - with extreme multitasking capacity. One > > > moment you play football the next - you are playing the piano...and nobody > > > is surprised. > > > > > > In our hangar on a large abandoned shipyard in Copenhagen we try to build > > > extreme machines using methods found in the arts rather than in > > > science...the shape, design and use of our rockets and submarines, > > > airships and balloons are mostly made by taking a careful look at a > > > distance - and doing it...making it look right. > > > > > > Laugh - just laugh - but we have dived 1060 times - and flown like few on > > > Kraka´s bow planes - sailed over the Baltic while shouting "keep it > > > coming" to the rolling waves as Krakas knife edge bow cut through the > > > seas...we have blasted a poor but courageous TV reporter to great speed on > > > a liquid propelled rocket powered race boat...and crashed an eight meter > > > gasoline engine powered airship into a building ...ups... :O) > > > > > > My point is - that combining you pocket calculator, some technical courage > > > and a strong desire to explore - can be exceptionally rewarding regardless > > > of the product that it leads to. > > > > > > In a few month - April 2007 I guess - we will lit the boilers on UC-3 and > > > take her our on her first test ride. While tiny compared to the navies > > > boats - she still has much greater possibilities than Freya and Kraka. > > > Standing in the sail you are some three or four meters above the waves, > > > and to go the engine room you must go down a tube - on a long latter - to > > > enter the fuel bunker section of the boat...while going aft you pass the > > > wet room where the shower and scuba equipment is found and then you can > > > open the door to the three meter long engine room - where the diesels > > > resides on both sides of you . Turning about - you can go fore - to the > > > galley ( just front of bunkers ) and from there into the mess - and > > > further into the control room. Here the big flat screen shows the high > > > definition picture form the bow and mast cameras...or you can take a look > > > for your self via the four 400 mm 80 mm thick acrylic view ports found > > > there... > > > > > > Our Royal Danish Navy just cut away her submarine arm...but the > > > professionals operating them - as tactical or technical officers still > > > exist other places in the navy. There are - to put it short - some very - > > > very skilled men there...they have recently visited us...and as you can > > > imagine they like the color of UC-3. We have a sort of cooperation - in > > > that they look into how we do things - both safetywise - and technically - > > > and we have many times got some good advice. However - mostly - the pros > > > simply vindicate our designs - that after all is based on two prototypes > > > and salty experience... > > > > > > If we succeed we will combine the seagoing features of navy submarines > > > with the explortion features of research submersibles - and to a lesser > > > extent - that living onboard features of motor yachts... > > > > > > I hope the best - and wish you all the same !! > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Peter Madsen / UC-3 Nautilus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Jeg beskyttes af den gratis SPAMfighter til privatbrugere. > > > Den har indtil videre sparet mig for at få 24028 spam-mails. > > > Betalende brugere får ikke denne besked i deres e-mails. > > > Hent gratis SPAMfighter her: http://www.spamfighter.com/lda > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > > ************************************************************************ > > ************************************************************************ > > The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal > > CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. 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