[PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub

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Mon Jun 29 18:38:20 EDT 2015


Ok how about "malstrom" or "vortex", perhaps "silent running". I was always going to name my boat "lucky duck" but chose to keep her name "Arcturus", which means bear hunter, and is a star in the constellation Ursa Minor, or little bear.

Keith T. 

Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>What about "Obama" seeing you come from the Capitol City.What color are you painting it?Alan
>      From: Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>   
>I'm calling my boat "George" (if I ever build it ) . So I claim that name.
>
>Pete
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>On Mon, 6/29/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 2015, 4:52 PM
> 
> 
> A
> Manatee is slow and Graceful, also similar in shape. 
> Manatee's also have a great nature.
> Hank
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> On Mon, 6/29/15, Alec Smyth via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> wrote:
> 
>  Subject: Re:
> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new sub
>  To:
> "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Received: Monday, June 29, 2015, 5:10 PM
>  
>  "A
> 
> knot or less" and "Manatee" both suggest
>  sluggishness to me, but I think this little
> boat will move.
>  My wife is suggesting
> "Shackleton" since I really
>  like
> the fellow and he was a relative. So that one's in
>  the lead, but I'm still pondering it. If
> she were a
>  one-person, I would name her
> "Batchelors Delight"
>  after a
> pirate ship that I think had the best name of all
>  time.  Yesterday I did something I hadn't
> done in a
>  long time, and actually looked at
> a list of baby names. This
>  is fun.
>  
>  On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at
>  1:48 PM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  Hi   
>    Alec,
>  
> 
> 
>  
>  How about "The
> Equalizer" or "A knot or
> 
> less".
>  
>  
>  
>  Keith T.
> 
> 
>  
>  
> 
> Antoine Delafargue via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  
>  
>  
>  >Hi Alec,
>  
>  >Very nice sub with manly
> attributes. I would never have
>  guessed
> that
>  
>  >when you
> mentioned a while ago that the stern would be
>  surprising.
>  
> 
> >
>  
>  >Love the
> Naughtylus name
>  
>  >
>  
>  >regards,
>  
>  >Antoine
> 
> 
>  >
>  
> 
> >On 6/29/15, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles
>  
>  ><personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  
> 
> >> Hi Alec,
>  
> 
> >>
>  
>  >> New sub
> looks great.  With those ball floats at
> 
> the back it reminded me of
>  
>  >> "The Liberator" from an old
> BBC science
>  fiction program called
> "Blakes 7".
>  
> 
> >> I was a big fan when I was a kid.
> 
> 
>  >>
>  
>  >> https://contactinfinitefutures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/the-liberator.jpg
>  
>  >>
> 
> 
>  >> On 29 June 2015 at 04:40, Alan
> James via
>  Personal_Submersibles <
>  
>  >> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  
> 
> >>
>  
>  >>>
> That's great thanks Alec,
>  
>  >>> I'll save that description
> with the dwg.
>  
> 
> >>> Alan
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
> 
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>  >>> *Subject:* Re:
> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's new
>  sub
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> Correct!
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> The little O
> ring under the threaded contacts
>  on the
> hull side has two
>  
> 
> >>> purposes. It prevents water coming into the
> sub
>  if you drop the thruster,
>  
>  >>> but it also
> acts as a spring to maintain good
> 
> electrical contact. When
>  
> 
> >>> the
>  
> 
> >>> thruster is off, the sub side contact sticks
>  out very slightly above the
> 
> 
>  >>> rest of the penetrator, so
> when you draw the
>  motor toward the sub
> the
>  
>  >>> contact
> squeezes its O ring.
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
>  >>>
> The contacts on the sub side go through a nylon
>  insert sealed with O
>  
>  >>> rings
>  
>  >>> and locked by a shoulder in the
> SS insert. On
>  the thruster side the
>  
>  >>> contacts and
> cables are potted, but because the
>  thruster
> is oil filled
>  
> 
> >>> the
>  
> 
> >>> potting is not subject to any pressure.
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> The bolt has a
> shaft seal that prevents it
>  being pushed
> into the sub if
>  
> 
> >>> you drop the thruster.
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> The thrusters are fixed, not
> rotating. The
>  benefit of this design is
> that
>  
>  >>> there
> are neither cables nor tubes to sever -
>  you
> just need to switch off
>  
> 
> >>> power to the thruster before dropping it,
> and
>  the dropping itself is just
>  
>  >>> three or four
> turns of a bolt.
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
>  >>>
> Best,
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> Alec
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> On Jun 28,
> 2015, at 7:55 PM, Alan James
>  via
> Personal_Submersibles <
>  
>  >>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  wrote:
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
>  >>>
> I think I understand it now.
>  
>  >>> The 2 bolts are the electrical
> through hulls
>  & you wind the
>  
>  >>> central nut to
> push the unit off. The electrics
>  would
> unplug in the
>  
> 
> >>> process.
>  
> 
> >>> Alan
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
> 
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>  
>  >>>  *From:* hank
> pronk via
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>  >>> *Sent:* Monday,
> June 29, 2015 10:02 AM
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> >>> *Subject:* Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Alec's
> new
>  sub
>  
> 
> >>>
>  
>  >>>
> Alec,
>  
>  >>> Nice
> project, I like the trawl floats in the
> 
> back, it is so different!
>  
> 
> >>> The first thing that comes to mind when I
> see
>  your new build is, Manatee.
>  
>  >>> You sure have
> put in a lot of time on this.  I
>  like the
> jettisoning
>  
>  >>>
> system, it is the same idea as Gamma's
> 
> tail, very simple and clean.  The
>  
>  >>> bellows are very nice!
>  
>  >>> Nice video, you
> have good control of the
>  sub.
>  
>  >>> Hank
>  
>  >>>
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> 6/27/15, Alec Smyth via
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>  >>> Received:
>  Saturday, June 27, 2015, 10:40 PM
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> Hey
>  everyone, I'm
>  
>  >>> breaking cover with the project
> sub. It is in
>  need of a
> 
> 
>  >>> name. If the pictures inspire
> any thoughts that
>  are not
> 
> 
>  >>> rude, I'm all ears for
> suggested names!
>  
> 
> >>> http://www.psubs.org/projects/1234567810/newsub/
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>  >>>
>  
>  >>>
>  
>  >>> Best,
>  
>  >>> Alec
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