<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>What a beast! Do you need all that horsepower, as you will need a </div><div>huge battery bank to take advantage of it. That is not a bad price with</div><div>controller included from what I have seen of other systems.You will need a pressure compensating system to take it down deep. How many motors? & how are you</div><div>going to configure them. </div><div>Alan</div><div>P.S. Really enjoying your elections down here in N.Z. can't wait for the next</div><div>episode of "Saturday night live"</div><div><br></div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 22/10/2016, at 2:48 pm, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><div>Alan, The motor could go into the water the way it is, attach the prop directly to the motor shaft.</div><div> </div><div>Brian<br><br>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:<br><br>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] temporary propulsion<br>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 01:35:43 +0000 (UTC)<br><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span>Ouch $4000-, would you have to replace the shaft with</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>a longer propeller shaft?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>What combined hp. are you looking for. How many motors?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Have you sorted the motor controller for the motors?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Alan</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span> </div><div><br><br></div><div style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:18 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] temporary propulsion<br> </font> </div> <div><br><div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Alan,</div><div> I still plan to use those motors, but they are expensive. $4000 each Been spending money like a drunken sailor, so I was trying to brainstorm a cheppo solution ;-) I still kind of like the fact that a mass produced motor like the ones showed could be a cheap alterative . Those little Honda generators are quite amazing , very compact, quite, and they sip the gasoline. I noticed a lot of sailboat people would use them for house power instead of firing up they're onboard engines, they would set them out on the bow. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Brian <br><br>--- <a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a> wrote:<br><br>From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] temporary propulsion<br>Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 07:49:04 +1300<br><br></div><div>Hi Brian,</div><div>what happened to the high powered motors you were looking at a while back?</div><div>These motors are huge & only put out 1/3 rd horsepower. Minn kotta is 2hp. There is a </div><div>lot of work making a housing for them. The shaft would have to be extended to fit another bearing, seal & the propeller, let alone all the work for a housing that is bolted together &</div><div>sealed with a wiring entry welded on.</div><div>If you are just wanting to do buoyancy / stability tests before you invest in thrusters,</div><div>why not have a small inflatable tender with outboard to drag it round.</div><div>Alternatively look on Cliffs project page on his Minn kotta modification, as he has done</div><div>some good work on them that may be helpful.</div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><div><br>On 21/10/2016, at 4:55 pm, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Hi All,</div><div> Been thinking about how I'm going to get around the harbor with my sub. I'm thinking that for the time being I'm just going to run ( on the surface) a 2000 watt Honda generator and then for the motors , use these 1/3 HP dryer motors in a oil flooded housing, probably made out of aluminum tubing. They obviously run with 120 V AC power. </div><div> </div><div> Since on my sub I will have dual motors on each side, port and starboard, I was thinking to also have additional motors facing foreword to stop my foreword progress ( a brake) . </div><div> </div><div> These dryer motors can be got really cheap , new they're about $75.00 I'm pretty sure they would be ok flooded with oil. So I would have a total of 4 motors , two on each side one going frontwards and one opposing . It would be a totally on or off drive of course , with no speed control. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Here's a video of the motors I'm talking about. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrCUh1S8x8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIrCUh1S8x8</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Brian</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote>_______________________________________________
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