Diver Propulsion Vehicle    

Submitted by Guy Morin

  Sub Name: DPWS
  Type: Wet Ambient
  Model: Custom
  Designer: Guy Morin
  Builder: Guy Morin
  Owner: Guy Morin

Here are some photos of a diver propulsion vehicle that I built.   Since it qualifies as a wet-sub, I thought your readers might be interested.   It features a speed of 4 knot in it's current configuration.   A 24 V power supply provides approximately 2 kW of power to the motor.   The motor can provide up to 8 kW of power when 48 volts are applied to it.   It is 6'6" long, weighs 280 lbs.   It uses two 55 Ah Optima deep cycle batteries.   Also, a variable-speed controller allows infinite speed adjustment via a twist grip throttle.