Your cover is the real secret here. Strong and stress free, of course, but also hardy enough to drill and machine. We had to have the peak for the scrubber vent, plus the strength to allow cable penetrations. Putting those homemade posts through the acrylic allowed that end of the cable to be oil filled, plus provided an easy way to isolate all those amps (1400@28v) from the aluminum box, suspension chassis and DLO chamber. Elegant in its simplicity, the system has worked without major change for.....what? Nearly forty years!! You can't beat that for durability. Vance -----Original Message----- From: greg@precisionplastics.com To: personal_submersibles Sent: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 6:04 am Subject: RE: RE: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] jettisoning battery pods or other ballast It was a little challenging to make the acrylic cover because of the difficulty forming a 2ft x 4ft piece of 1” thick acrylic into a dome shape and also keep the flange from warping. Flanges on rectangular shapes are a little harder to control than they are on spheres. The flange had to be very flat to provide a good seal and keep all that oil from getting out. It was a fun project.
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I made one of the acrylic covers for the JSL battery housing and looked over the release system with great interest. It’s a pretty sweet set up.
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Exactly the method
used on the JSLs for the battery box release. The cam holds a suspension rod
under compressive tension. Meaning the battery/chassis connection is strong and
immobile. When wound open, the hook is rotated open side down, guaranteeing
release. Back of box suspended on bronze bushings. The front is released,
battery swings in a short arc down and aft and AWAY you go. Realy good solution. Press the weight tight to the hull. "Jens Laland" <laland@artematrix.org> schrieb: > Jon > > Here are two sketches (from Hans Techel's book) of a quick release system > as done on early types of naval submarines when those were still using > drop keels, ref > > http://traktoria.org/files/personal_submarine/drop-keel/Sicherheitsgewicht.jpg > > Best regards, > Jens Laland > > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal > CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database > because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages > from our organization. > > If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the > link below or send a blank email message to: > removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org > > Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an > automated process and should be complete within five minutes of > our server receiving your request. > > PSUBS.ORG > PO Box 53 > Weare, NH 03281 > 603-529-1100 > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > > ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages from our organization. If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the link below or send a blank email message to: removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an automated process and should be complete within five minutes of our server receiving your request. PSUBS.ORG PO Box 53 Weare, NH 03281 603-529-1100 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ |