[PSUBS-MAILIST] "Ben Franklin"

[mholt ohiohills.com via Personal_Submersibles]

Thank you for these links. I had been looking at NASA from the "space station" side. 

I'd love to build something, but I lack the space, the money, and the friends to accomplish anything large. Perhaps I should suggest a local private high school might build a simulator. 



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NASA hosts a trove of information on the Ben Franklin drift dives so there are plans and manuals available! 

[ https://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/HTML/ben_franklin.html ] [ https://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/HTML/ben_franklin.html | The Ben Franklin - Grumman/Piccard PX-15 Submersible ] 
[ https://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/HTML/ben_franklin.html | gsfc.nasa.gov ] 
[ https://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/FRANKLIN/HTML/ben_franklin.html ] 


Look for: 
“Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation Ben Franklin Brief System Description” – no so brief at 150 pages but has good drawings of the Ben Franklin 

“Grumman Ocean Systems Operations Manual Ben Franklin” – the general operating manual 

I would say that a project like Ben Franklin is a big undertaking for a psubber but I think Carsten’s Euronaut is a few feet longer than Ben Franklin . 

mannedsubmersibles.org 


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