<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Brian,</div><div>you have me puzzled; I know you are a diver, so you realise that a </div><div>lot of the time your visibility will be no better than the length of your</div><div>sub. If the sphere is aft you will hit things before you see them.</div><div>If you are aft on the surface & change to fore under the water I</div><div>would just be aware of whether your bearing set up is designed to</div><div>take axial pressure in both directions the same.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br><br><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 9/04/2017, at 8:41 AM, 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 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. </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] Motor Pod<br>Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 07:57:02 +1200<br><br></div><div>Well done Brian.</div><div>I am just wondering about the orientation.</div><div>You say it is the port thruster. Are you driving the boat with the occupant sphere</div><div>at the rear? Also the vectoring of them, Is that permanent or just for the photo?</div><div>While I'm at it, what sort of horsepower are they.</div><div>Cheers Alan</div><div><br><br><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 9/04/2017, at 6:48 AM, 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 Everybody,</div><div> 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 !</div><div> </div><div>Pics:</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><Pod1.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><Pod2.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><Pod3.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><Pod4.jpg></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><Pod5.jpg></div></blockquote><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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