[PSUBS-MAILIST] hydraulics

[hank pronk]

Hi Alan,
After some more thought, I have changed my mind about bicycle brakes.  The problem is the caliper has a rather large piston area.  This gives you better brake force, but it would hurt you when you put water pressure against it.  You want a small piston like a hydraulic clutch in a car.  I would use the clutch parts because they would also be aluminum and much tougher.  You would need to remove the piston and machine an o-ring  glove because the normal seal is designed to push in one direction only.
Hank

From: hank pronk <hanker_20032000 at yahoo.ca>
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Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:21:36 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] hydraulics



H Alan,
Bicycle brakes would probably work quite well because they are made from very good material.  
Hank

From: Alan <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com>
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:55:49 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] hydraulics


Hi Brian,
I've wondered about this also.
I was looking at the hydraulic brakes they have on bicycles now days &
wondering if you could adapt them for functions like releasing emergency
bouys or similar.  The manual hydraulics they have on boats, like steering units
are pretty expensive. Would be good to find something of suitable material
off the shelf hat could be used.
Alan
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On 16/09/2013, at 5:28 AM, "brian" <brian at ojaivalleybeefarm.com> wrote:

> I wonder if those human powered hydraulics could have an application for our boats, like the cats in the America's cup.
> 
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