[PSUBS-MAILIST] project Drebbel

["Emile van Essen" <emile@airesearch.nl>]

We have a new project!

 

I decided to built a 2-3 person submersible.

It is just in project stage  The drawings are not final.

 

Launch between 2008 and 2020

 

The project name “Drebbel”is a tribute to the early submarine inventor  He came from my hometown Alkmaar

See: http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/  at  specials –first submarine

 

Data:

 

-Small draught (< 0.9 Meter )

-Low drag

-Serviceable while sub in the water

-Transportable by 4WD / trailer

-simple structure/ easy maintenance

-good surface performance

 

 

Dimensions &performance:

 

Length :                            4.8 meter

Hull o.d. diameter:          1.1 meter

Hull material:                    steel P355 NL

Wall thickness:                 Pressure hull, 10 mm    Soft ballast 3 mm Al

Weight:                             2.4 Ton empty

Operating depth:           200 meter

Endurance :                     4 Hours , 72  Hours emergency

Capacity:                        1 Crew 1 to 2 Passengers

Propulsion:                       single shaft  350 mm propeller, 3 thrusters

 

Equipment:

 

-HP air 20 liter / 200 bar

-Electric engine 2-3 KW

-Lead / acid batteries  600 AH 24 volts

- thrusters 1 KW

-CO2 scrubber

-O2 10 liter

-drop ballast keel 300 kg

-Bow and stern soft ballast tanks

- hard ballast tank 80 liter

-(gyro) compass

-GPS

-sonar/depth sounder

 

 

 

Best regards

 

 

Emile van Essen

www.AiResearch.nl

Hobbemalaan 54

1816GE Alkmaar

072-5122401 / 06-44500720

 

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