[PSUBS-MAILIST] Motor Pod

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Brian,
you have me puzzled; I know you are a diver, so you realise that a 
lot of the time your visibility will be no better than the length of your
sub. If the sphere is aft you will hit things before you see them.
If you are aft on the surface  & change to fore under the water I
would just be aware of whether your bearing set up is designed to
take axial pressure in both directions the same.
Alan


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> On 9/04/2017, at 8:41 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Alan,   The pods will turn,  I have it in various positions in different pictures.  They basically hang from that top disk and then they will both turn using a cable control.  The motors are only three HP, but I believe I can upgrade to 8 HP .  Yes, the sphere is aft. 
>  
> Brian
> 
> --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org wrote:
> 
> From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Motor Pod
> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 07:57:02 +1200
> 
> Well done Brian.
> I am just wondering about the orientation.
> You say it is the port thruster. Are you driving the boat with the occupant sphere
> at the rear? Also the vectoring of them, Is that permanent or just for the photo?
> While I'm at it, what sort of horsepower are they.
> Cheers Alan
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On 9/04/2017, at 6:48 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Everybody,
>                             I finished my Port side motor pod.  Did a pressure test up to 10psi ,  still waiting on the silicone oil .  But it ran really smooth, had a bit of trouble when I machined the end caps, they weren't totally perfect, think I'll have the machine shop make a stab at it .  There were difficult to line up in my lathe and they were literally at the very maximum size my lathe could do.  But all my snap rings and o rings and epoxy thru hulls are good to go !
>  
> Pics:
> <Pod1.jpg>
> <Pod2.jpg>
> <Pod3.jpg>
> <Pod4.jpg>
> <Pod5.jpg>
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