Welcome, Luke,
On the PSubs.org website, if you scroll down you will see an
illustration of the book */Manned Submersibles/* by R. Frank Busby.
There's nothing I know of that could teach you more on the topic than
this book. It's well worth reading several times. Unfortunately it is
out of print and difficult to find at a reasonable price in hardback. I
just checked Amazon and found some used ones starting at $170.
http://www.amazon.com/Manned-submersibles-R-Frank-Busby/dp/B0006CRZRI
The paper backs available are reprints without the pictures, charts, and
graphs, and they have numerous typos. I'm guessing that's from
processing with OCR software. I'd avoid those. However You can access
the book online by clicking on the link next to the book on the PSubs
homepage.
I'm temporarily in Columbia, Missouri, but expect to be returning to
Texas soon.
Best wishes to you,
Jim T.
In a message dated 8/1/2010 10:00:46 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
luke.d.oldham@gmail.com writes:
Hello all!
I recently stumbled upon this wealth of information Web site and was
blown away by everything. My name is Luke and I'm from St. Louis, Mo
and have been wanting to build my own personal submersible for
years. But I have only gone as far as moving around a pencil trying
to draw what I roughly have in mind. I recently graduated college
from Lindenwood University with a Business Admin degree. I am very
mechanical and have taken apart and rebuilt almost everything in
mine and my folks garages, but I don't have the engineering training
and background that most of you all have. That is my purpose for
presenting my ideas and having you all pick them apart.
I'd like to build myself a two man submersible for exploration of
lake bottoms in my general area (St. Louis). I am mostly interested
in Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO which has a maximum depth of 220
feet according to one source, though I believe it to be deeper,
maybe 350 ft. Therefore I'd like to build a sub capable of
withstanding pressure up to 400-500 feet deep, so I'm safe at less
depth. I'd like it to have a large front porthole for navigation and
viewing purposes with a mechanical arm so I can grab items from the
bottom. I've thought that the best design for this would be one with
two cots/mats/? for the navigator/passenger to lay down on facing
the front porthole and be able to control the sub from there.
Any help is much appreciated and hopefully one day I will have some
pictures to post up here for you all to see. Thank you in advance.
Is there anyone on this mailing list that lives in the vicinity of
St. Louis?
-- Luke Oldham
luke.d.oldham@gmail.com <mailto:luke.d.oldham@gmail.com>
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