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Hi Jay. You're right on all counts. I don't expect to be able to stow the
outboard inside the sub. It will have to be pulled and loaded into a surface
boat that will accompany me when I'm diving. As for the fuel, that is definitely
a no-no. I will be using a 5 gallon outboard tank lashed to the out side, and it
too will go onto the surface boat.
My original design had a separate pontoon section that would have separated
before diving. As it would remain on the surface, I had planned on using it to
hold a compressor, a large outboard ( say 70 horse or so) and a generator
to supply AC power to the sub through an umbilical and tether arrangement. I
still like the idea of being tethered down to fairly shallow depths ( 100 ft ? )
with the extra power a 220 AC line would supply, but dragging a pontoon section
around and all the entanglement that may create has put the kabosh on that idea.
Haven't completely given up on it though. Frank D. |