<div dir="ltr">Scott, I have no experience with any large pressure chambers, but I am sure you are talking well into the thousands (perhaps $15,000 to $35,000) depending on how long it takes to set up the required tests (and perform them). <div>
<br></div><div>I truly admire your ambition, but like Hank suggested, 1000 feet may be a better 2nd sub goal. If I were planning to go beyond 1000 feet, I would be looking to Nuytco, SeaMagine or Triton but of course cost is then a major issue again. Does anyone know about how much Karl spent building Idabel? ~ Douglas S. </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:48 PM, swaters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com" target="_blank">swaters@waters-ks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Any idea as to the cost of pressure testing that kind of pressure? </div><div>Also, I am not a engineer, but am fairly good at designing things in my head. If I designed this in CAD, does psubs have a good way of sharing CAD files for who ever would like too look at my designs and bounce ideas off of? </div>
<div>I would love for this project to be a way for psubs to increase overall psubs knowledge of cutting edge and affordable solutions for things like sonar and manipulator arms and things.</div><div class=""><div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br></div><div><div class="h5">Vance Bradley <VBra676539@AOL.com> wrote:<br>
<div>Maryland and California (Navy) and Texas (southwest research).</div><div>Vance<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 8, 2014, at 7:14 PM, swaters <<a href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com" target="_blank">swaters@waters-ks.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>So is the design of crush depth of 1750m and test to 1250m the idea? Next question is where can you find a pressure chamber that has 1670psi capability?</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>
Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div></div> <br>Alan James <<a href="mailto:alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com" target="_blank">alanlindsayjames@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div><span>Scott,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span>in general people design their boats with a crush depth of</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span>twice their operating depth, then test them to 1.25 or 1.5 x</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span>there proposed maximum operating depth.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span>So design to 2000 meters & test it to 1250 meters.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:18.88888931274414px;background-color:transparent;font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif">
<span>Alan</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> swaters
<<a href="mailto:swaters@waters-ks.com" target="_blank">swaters@waters-ks.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:29 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div><div>I am playing with the idea of building another submarine. Here is what I am thinking.</div>
<div>1) This project needs to be as challenging as the same amount of difficulty as it was to build my first submarine</div><div>2) I want to have lots of bottom time with my K-350 to learn what needs to be improved on in design and ability.</div>
<div>3) Learn to use CAD </div><div>4) Project will take 5-7 years to complete</div><div><br></div><div>My initial goals are</div><div>1) Hold 3 people</div><div>2) Weigh 10,500lbs or less</div><div>3) Depth of 3,300 feet (1000m)</div>
<div>4)
Have a very effective range of abilities such as a good manipulator arm and tooling</div><div>5) Have a wide veiwing maybe a acylic dome front</div><div><br></div><div>Ok, shoot holes in the ideas. What will be the main challenges to overcome? What complications am I not considering?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Scott Waters</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:75%;color:#575757">Sent from my U.S. Cellular© Smartphone</div>
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