First Manned Dive In E3000 Plus Interior Tour | Homemade Submarine
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2020
- In this video I am at Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada to do the first manned dive in my deep diver homemade submarine E3000. I also give a tour of the interior of the sub.
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Every time I see this thing I get more and more determined to build my own one
Go for it , Tom
The positive interesting part of UA-cam. Hank, you have some amazing technical skills and creativity.And the sub has a nice look.
Thank you
Great video Dad. Sucks the relay/fuse went out but luckily the diver was there to help!
Thanks Daniel
I have finally found my new Hero!
Thanks
Man it's really awesome to see you testing your sub...im always interested in submarines in how they did and surface and stuff it's really cool to see this
Thank you
You have done a great job! I piloted Perry subs in the oil business, and you have similar atmosphere control equipment to what we had. Probably better sensors even! For O2, we used a Biomarine O2 monitor, basically a fuel cell (very small) with a permiable membrane on it. The O2 in the atmosphere difussed through it, and the volts it put out were directly proportional to the % of O2. Instead of reading volts, the guage read out in % of O2. For CO2, generally just watched the barometer. If the O2 was correct and the pressure was increasing, the CO2 was also. So, turn on the scrubber. That worked best when it got a bit warm, and that did when the CO2 built up a bit. Like to .4 or .5 percent. At about .7 % I would get a bit warm in the face so I knew to run it that way also. However, one has to stay aware as it is easy to not notice this! Best, Pete
I operate pretty much the same, and keep it simple.
She looks good Hank! 👍😎
(Also thanks again for the help & advice!)
Hank,,, you are fast becoming one of my hero's. Way to go man. Is there anyone else doing what your doing? like in Texas?
Thank you,
Jus seen this on buy an sell that’s some engineering
nice drone footage
This guy needs more subs so he can earm money to fund his projects!
That would be nice, even to just help offset the costs incurred when I donate the sub to science groups.
No pun intended:)
Share the video with your buddies!
Hi Hank! I only looked up and found your UA-cam channel yesterday & I'm really glad I did. You're a true pioneer and a HUGE inspiration to all of us 'wannabe' submersible builders. I've been wanting to build a submersible (similar to the kind you build) ever since the early 2000s but I never worked up enough determination & focus to get started. Watching your UA-cam channel was just what I needed to commit to building one. I'm still busy with the concept design but this time next year I hope to be able to start with the actual build. I will continue to closely follow your channel, both for inspiration and for learning!! I hope you won't mind if I contact you from time to time with some basic questions? One thing I have recently learned: syntactic foam is damn expensive! Do you use syntactic foam on your subs? If so, how much do you typically use. Thanks again for the inspiration!
Thank you Pat. I am always happy to help. No I never use foam, way to expensive. On my deep diver I use carbon fibre buoyancy tanks. It is best to increase the volume of your sub hull, so you never need extra buoyancy.
@@HankPronk Hi Hank! Thanks for replying so quickly, I sincerely appreciate it. I heard you mention the carbon fiber bouyancy tanks that you have installed on your 3000ft deep-diver. That's very impressive - did you build the carbon fiber tanks yourself? So they're basically high-pressure air-tanks that (because of the light carbon fiber construction) do double duty as 'fixed' bouyancy too? That's ingenious! Thank you again for the advice - it's worth gold to me!
Loving these videos!
You are all braver men then me.. Happy always surfacing!
Indeed
So inspiring. Good work.
Bravo. Congrats on building my childhood dream. Booyeah!
I couldn't imagine not having that shelf
The hill just wrote an article about you!
This is so amazing, to think a homemade submarine could work so well, incredible stuff
Awesome!!!
Amazing🤯
Good for you that you built your own sub.
Thanks
Man that would be Soo cool to go and roam around in
fun to see how far you’ve come! Really nice job hank!!!
Thank you
Awesome project! I really like it when the difficulty of a project doesn't deter someone from building it. nice work
Thanks
Just AWESOME!
thanks
Very nice. Congratulations.
Great video sir, you really did an amazing project! Unbelievable for a homemade submarine.
New sub. Found you on the machining Facebook group.
So cool!
Thank you.
Bubbles should use one of these to track down shopping cart wreckage to haul up.
Well Done Hank looks good man
thanks Grant, its pretty close now
Congrats Hank, that's a REALLY nice sub!!!!
Thanks Alec, means a lot coming from a guy with a nice sub.
Amazing mate 👍👍
Thanks Luke
Nice!!!
I'm really interesting in developing submarines!
That Submarine looks like it can go really deep.
This is an INCREDIBLE project. Absolutely floored. Subscribed and quite interested to see how this goes! I'd love to learn more about how you've built this thing!
Thanks
this sub is super cool. glad to see it working as intended, you sure are a master at your craft. very unique
love this content!
Thank Luc
@@HankPronk hey, not sure if you like this Idea but I would sure like to see it. I was thinkin it would be super neat to have a sound playing like a dive horn/ dive bell rigged up to when you submerge, or possibly a military style sonar display on the inside. probably a ton of work and even if they aren't functional I would think it would be awesome to have a display center inside the sub that captures the common submariners imagination, but you seem like a functionality/safety only based guy and space is probably tight inside there. just an Idea. Ill most definitely continue to watch your stuff.
can never have too many dials and gauges
Reminds me of a mini version of the deep sea submersible, Alvin. Great job Hank!
I agree, and maybe subconsciously I did that on purpose. I am a real fan of all the old school subs.
Brother you are brilliant!!!!! If always wanted to build a personal submarine and you did an excellent job! I am of the opinion you need a manipulator arm in there
Thanks, I have the manipulator on it now.
just want to say, i'm your 844th subscriber and i love this channel :)
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Good way to pass time in quarantine
Use a action cam in there for video
Hank,
In one of your vids I saw a sabertooth controller handling your speed control etc. That being said you could use a computer joystick with three axis to allow for forward/reverse skid steer methods with one joystick. The three axis could allow for less hassles so you could toss the spst toggling it appears you have to do...
Hi, I am using a 3 a sis joystick with 10 ohm potentiometers. I need to program the controller so it has a larger gap for neutral That is why my props are turning super slow. The toggle switch is just for the wrist function on the arm. It has a pre set speed control. The arm functions have joy sticks for fine speed control and work super good.
Отлично, классная подлолдка!
cool asf
Thanks
oh how far you have come
Did you dive on The City of Ainsworth? My wife's great grandfather was Alan Lean, the captain of that ship.
Great tour of the inside. Look forward to seeing more dives in Spring! I noticed you don’t have any dehumidifier there, with the temperature drop does the sub start to condense or do you have a system that takes care of the moisture?
There is condensation on the hull of the sub, but it is not an issue at all. Also with the hull being a sphere the water would collect at the bottom, making it easy to deal with.
@@HankPronk that is an interesting point though. Does it ever fog the window?
So is it a precis measurement of water that's needed in the ballast tanks in comparison to the buoyancy to counter the buoyancy to make it sink?
Hank if you make up your wiring harnesses do you use automotive or light commercial fuses and fuse holders?
I have an electric panel with breakers and heavy duty 80 amp fuses on the solenoids.
How much did this cost to build and how deep is it capable of diving?
Congratulations for your dedication.
Hi Hank! Thanks for sharing this video of your deep diving sub! I love her elegant simplicity! I have a couple of questions about your CO2 scrubber, if you don't mind: did you purchase it off the shelf or did you build it yourself? Also, the liquid you carry on board for use in the scrubber: is it MEA? If you built the scrubber yourself, did you use freely available plans or did someone have to design it for you? Thank you again for sharing your know-how with us: you make the seemingly impossible possible!
Hi Pat, thank you, I made the scrubber and designed it, but it is a common item in home built subs. It is a converted carbon filter for green houses. Just remove the end cap and pour out the carbon. Make a screen for inside and outside the centre. Make a new end cap with a fan and you are done. Use a computer fan like in my video.
Pat, I forgot, I use the same absorbent pellets from re-breathers. It works perfect.
@@HankPronk Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions, I appreciate it very much! I promise I won't drive you crazy with questions. I'm looking forward to seeing your next video! Have a safe week! From Pat
What wires do you use that connect externally from let's say the engine to the inside to a switch. Are they water bricks?.
I make my own electrical penetrators. I made a video on how to do that.
Дякую
So cool, but where is your "oh god help emergency" signal 😅
It’s in there
All that heavy steel and it doesn't sink because it's sealed air tight but all it takes to make it sink is just some little water tanks on the side? What if the air inside the main chamber was less than that of one atmosphere? What if it was a vacuum chamber? Would it still not sink?
Where did you even get your co2 scrubber like do you use the powder what absorbs the co2? I'm just curious.
I made the scrubber, it uses absorbent for re-breathers
Can you do more underwater videos?
Hi Ian, yes in the spring I start diving the sub. Covid held it up this summer.
Hi there Hank, I want to base the design of my submersible's pressure sphere on the ASME PVHO-1 specification. Is that the spec that you base your designs on or would you recommend other specs? Your submarines are so well designed and built I would do well to base my design on the same specs you base yours on. Thank you for always being so willing to share your knowledge and skill - it's greatly appreciated!!
There is an ABS head calculator on Psubs.org and that group is a great help. I follow ABS guidelines for my sphere. Tell me the size and depth and I can double check your shell thickness.
@@HankPronk Hi Hank. I'm still very much in the early concept stages of my submersible's design but I'm planning a 2 man sub using a 1650mm ID sphere with a 20mm wall thickness made of A516 Grade 70. I wish to achieve a maximum diving depth of 1200 feet. That's rather conservative but because it's a home built sub I wouldn't want to dive deeper than that. The things I will need to get 100% correct on the pressure hull are: sphericity of the hull, all the welds, and of course the viewports and hatch design & construction. Thank you very much for the info, I'll most certainly visit psubs to learn as much as I can. I really appreciate the time you take to answer my silly questions.
Wow to build a fully functional submarine at home is an impressive feat! Are you an electrician by trade? How did you learn all of this?
Thank you, I have been building projects for a long time gaining experience along the way. I am not an engineer or electrician or anything really. You know the saying "not handsome but handy"
Detecting multiple leviathan class life forms in the region
Great job...did you turn on your light bar?
Thank you, no I did not. The light would not have shown up because it was too shallow and bright still.
I have used the same light design on other subs and it is amazing especially for the cost.
@@HankPronk yeah I was thinking since the diver that was with you said that visibility was only 15 feet if you turned on the light bar if it would have showed some difference for visibility. Great videos and great to see that you're having fun and using your knowledge and US viewers get to experience it as well. Thank you
@@pmag3200 I forgot to mention that I don't have the coms installed yet, so no way to communicate with the diver. I use the light as a way to tell him there is a problem. Then I have a note pad inside that I can write a message on and he can see it through the window.
@@HankPronk great to hear that you have all bases covered for your safety so take care and can't wait for the next video or videos
Tom I've started construction of my own I would love to be able to chat with you for advice
Sure, message me on Face Book
Hello, you have very interesting videos and I love watching, is there a way to contact you cause I'm thinking of building my own submarine?
If you give me an email I will send you mine
@@HankPronk Kings.reefkeeping@gmail.com Thank you
So you mean to tell me that all I need to do to sink an air tight capsule filled with air is just fill measly little water tanks on the sides and that's enough to sink the whole thing under?
Why does the water in the ballast pull the submarine down but not the water surrounding the submarine you know what I think I understand never mind.
If I were to make a sub for shallower depth, lets say 1000 feet, or less, fully dry, with life support, could I use Kevlar, and epoxy risen instead of steel for the majority of it's construction?
There have been several fibreglass sub hulls made that can dive 1,000 feet. There is no cost saving though.
@@HankPronk I don't really see Kevlar, and epoxy risen as the same thing as fiber glass mostly because of the price difference but it's good to know fiberglass hulls can be made to go that deep. Are you sure they are not open bottom type hulls that have ambient pressure separators?
What sort of registration and certification do you need?
None, because it is under 10 hp. Certification is optional. If you want to do commercial work or give rides for money, you must have certification. I am doing this for my own enjoyment, plus it would cost an absolute fortune to go through the certification process.
Hank Pronk thanks for clarifying that, I wonder if it’s the same in Australia
How deep can you go?
3000 ft I believe
Did you call a shifter a multiple tool? huh?
welds around the window look a little iffy
How can you tell, they are ground smooth to make a smooth stress transition.
The outside weld is ground smooth to make for a smooth stress transition. The inside weld does nothing but give base for the root pass to sit on.
Not me lookin for oceangate in the comments 😂
Good
How on earth can you dive without spares... this guy needs help...
Yes, I do need help lol. Hey while we are at it. Post a link to your submarine that you built, or anything of significance, that you built.
@@HankPronk Actually I have designed, engineered, and integrated several video editing suites along with something like 16 remote mobile multi-camera production facilities and three tractor-trailer-sized multi-camera production facilities. Having been an Emmy award-winning Steadicam Operator I invented several systems such as my broadcast microwave system for use on the Steadicam and a silent helical focus gear system. My problem was watching just how stupidly and haltingly you work. Your style does not inspire confidence as you do not work in a methodical and organized fashion. Your system is poorly thought out and your lack of safety and communication equipment (such as an epirb) is stunning. By the way, have you won any International awards as I have? It would also be nice (for your safety) if you utilized a comprehensive series of checklists, not a balled-up list that you forget to use, or just ignore. I would love to work with and help you but you are a very, very resentful person and you are very, very scattered. For instance, do you even notify anyone before you dive so that if there is a failure that some sort of rescue gear can be standing by? This is the very same sort of arrogance that sunk the Titan.