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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive



Good Idea on the seat ,could be awkward with controlling the rudder though.The wrap around Mbt's look awesome. I wonder what gauge ss they used and how does it tow?
I am definitely going the hydraulic manipulator way, operation with a small hand held off the rack joystick which controls the relays ,Very simple I am planning on not taking a passenger but rather to use the excess space for extra batteries for the 12v hydraulic pump and maybe 2 extra air cylinders.
Thanks for the tip on the PVC tubes I can see that it will save me allot of frustration.
Glen SA
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Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

No, on the seats. One of the guys used a flexible child's swing seat on chains, easy to drop out of the way, and I may use that. The sub is so small that those kinds of savings are important.
 
I am building MBTs along the style of Carsten and Emile's KSS, rather than the straight shoulder tanks. They give the best of both worlds--improving visibility over the bow without totally ruining the side vision from the conning tower. Plus they five stability in all directions while on the surface as they wrap more or less completely around the hull.
 
I'll hold off on the manipulator penetration until our ball and socket assembly is built and tested (like the Nektons). If that works, then I'll have to add a ring support into the fwd head next to the main viewport, or possibly in the side like the Nektons, where I already have extra port and starboard viewports.
 
Lift bags are easy. Just run a hose inside the bag and roll it up in a big PVC tube for storage. The hook end will run out front somewhere you can pick it up with the manip. Hook it up, back away to deploy the bag (but not to far) and then inflate. The fill tube should be set up so that it pulls out as the bag lifts away. Done deal. We used that kind of rig over and over again with the Johnson SeaLinks to recover science packages and it worked first time, every time.
 
Vance


-----Original Message-----
From: glen brown <glenbrown@vodamail.co.za>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 11:23 am
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

Hi Vance
How far are you with the saddle mbt design?I am busy welding 8  SS hydraulic socket fittings to the Hull I am planning on fitting a small manipulator later ,I am also fitting extra elec thru hull  and 2 extra air nipples 1 for a emergency lift bag which could also be used to lift heavy items off the bottom ,the other for  a hose which could be attached to the manipulator to blow lift bags.Any suggestions welcome.
By the way is your seats  made to K350 spec?
All the best
GlenSA
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Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

David,
You're absolutely right. I even got people to pay ME for that. But I went for the same reasons you suspect.
Vance



-----Original Message-----
From: David Bartsch <dbartsch2236@hotmail.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 10:34 pm
Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

     I like to think of what the people get for the ticket they purchase. To leave the world they know to a world of unknowns. To explore and excite. To imagine what more could exist. To do more than just exist...to live.
 
     I would wager that if offered the money back in return for the thrill of this short submarine ride...
 
      you'd have few complaints.
 
      I for one would love to go.
 
                                                                                      David Bartsch
 

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:33:04 -0500
From: vbra676539@aol.com

Oh yeah, number of dives. If the maximum capacity thing works, then you're talking 2800 dives or so. In reality, it will probably be more, maybe twice as many. 2800 dives, 40 passengers per, that's about 110,000 paying passengers. I'd sure like to have the hot dog concession for that!!!
Vance



-----Original Message-----
From: vbra676539@aol.com
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 7:28 pm
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

Let's extrapolate: 40 passengers per trip, 6 dives per day, $65 US per seat. What, $15K/day on a good day? If the sub cost $3.5M US, figure twice that overall for startup, equipment and seed money for the first two years--$7M, give or take. That's divides out to 67 weeks operating 7 days per at maximum or near maximum capacity to square up the investment. Double the time, even if it's a good site, and triple it if the traffic is slower. Call it four years to make your original investment back. Probably longer. However, ameliorated over a reasonable period, say a decade, I'm betting the return is good. Good enough for Atlantis to build a trainload of submarines and a few others to follow suit. Mind you, after ten years the certifying agency is going to want a tear down and proof testing, plus viewport replacements and the like, so you get your check book out and start all over again. My guess is that whoever owns these things is playing way, way, way over my head (sic).
Vance



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan James <alanjames@xtra.co.nz>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 5:12 pm
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

Hi Antoine,
It's a huge sub with heaps of room inside.
This link shows it's vital statistics & inside view.
must have cost a fortune; they'd need to do a lot of dives
to justify the investment.
Alan
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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

I think it is its sister sub on the Lanzarote island, operated by the same company.
My 'dive certificate' showed those two subs have logged 20,000 dives together... (since 1997 I think).
that is quite a lot, sending some 800,000 people underwater
 
regards
Antoine
 


 
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Alan James <alanjames@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
Sounds great fun Antoine.
Is this the sub
Alan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:13 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] First submarine dive

Hello all,
 
I had a nice experience last week, I took a dive for the first time in a sub, a tourist sub on the coast of one of the Canary Isles.
For a guy that has thought about building a submarine for a few years without touching one,
it is quite exciting (though not to the point to pee in your pants ;-0 )
the sub itself was a big (100ton) 18m long cylinder, moved by 6 15kW orientable thrusters, quite slow, but with very good viewing (two seats for a large 22" window)
the dive lasted for about 45mn, went down to 45m depth. The feeling of a very slow motion free fall when the ballasts are purged felt weird (It did not feel like there was a HBT on the sub).
But the best was to see my 3yr old son's face glued to the window, as a big sting ray with a diver playing with it passed by our window...
 
cheers
Antoine



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