Submarine Kayak - Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2022
- This is the first video in my series on converting a kayak into a wet submarine. I found that my original submarine was a hassle to operate, because it required a heavy trailer and had to be launched from a boat ramp. This made it difficult to accomplish my goal of diving on coral reefs in the ocean, because most boat ramps are usually several miles from inlets, and inlet crossings were hazardous in the large, slow submarine.
On the other hand, this specially modified kayak is lightweight and portable. I can load it in the back of my truck, and drag it across a beach, or even through the jungle to reach springs farther inland in Florida. It will function as an ordinary kayak on the surface - being propelled either by rowing or with a trolling motor, and then submerge. Ideally, it'll be neutrally bouyant when submerged, and control its depth with dive planes. Flexible ballast bags and a powerful bilge pump will be used to return to the surface.
Original Submarine:
• My Homemade Submarine
Arduino Code for Throttle Control:
drive.google.com/file/d/16FM2...
Additional Info:
Original Kayak: Pelican Trailblazer 100 NXT
Material: "RAM-X", which is a variant of HDPE plastic
Motor: Newport 36 lb saltwater trolling motor
Battery Voltage: 12V
Battery Capacity: 50 AH
ESC: Hobbywing WP1080
ESC Control: Arduino Uno
Air Capacity: 120 cubic ft @ 4,000 psi
Music:
Kevin MacLeod - George Street Shuffle
Kevin MacLeod - Groove Groove
Prod Riddiman - Lost Time
Heatley Bros. - Otherworld
Heatley Bros. - 8 Bit Chillout
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Thanks for the interest everyone,
Several people have asked about Part 2. My current physical condition prevents me from diving / underwater activity, so this project is postponed until recovery. I've done several surface tests in sheltered waters, and one test on relatively calm water in the Atlantic Ocean, and everything seems to work fine. I have a ballast system set up, but won't be able to test it until I can get back in the water.
Get well soon brother. Excited to see how this turns out!
takecare! hoping for a quick recovery! would love to see this in action
hope you get good soon
This video just popped up on my feed and I was happy at the end to find it was 6 months old hoping we'd have more parts to watch. Sad to hear you're unable to test it, but I wish you a swift recovery in hopes we can see more on this soon.
By commenting this the video got put in my recommended 👌 first time viewer
Still waiting for part 2 ❤
Literally woulda “subbed” if he had part two.
@@Badger1776 did you read the top comment?
This comment was posted before the pinned comment
@@NerdBeGaming yea but Badger's wasn't.
My favourite thing is the Ksp music
I love the solution of using the airbag to equalise the pressure inside the motor, very ingenious!
I know, right, I thought it was going to be connected to the scuba tank to pressurize it
I thought they were going to break apart the motor to install stronger seals, but this solution is so much more elegant.
@@guard13007 even better would be to fill it with some compatible liquid, and close afterward.
It's a basic approach used all over the submarine industry. The professional version also adds slight positive compensation using a spring.
It's actually a very well known technique.
How is this both so jank, and brilliant, that I’m completely captivated ?
Wow you must have a really dismissal life lol.
diy projects be like that
"My first thought was to use a dive scooter but that would tire out my arms"
Ahh yes, in the tech diving world we use a tether, or tow rope in our scooters, hooked to a harness.
But please don't let this stop you from building your kayak sub, looks awesome.
Interesting. How do you control the scooter at a distance?
@@WhatYouHaventSeenIt's at about arm length so you just point where you want to go.
The KSP VAB background music tho.
Now i remember all those hundreds of hours of playtime. Look forward to ksp2
We need a Part two! Great Video!
Yeah lmao what bro making us wait 7+ months
Came here to ask the same. Keen to continue the journey!
@@boonjabby read top comment silly goose!
@Big Rig yeah didn't see the pinned comment. Old mate is crook and unable to dive
He died
I can't wait to see the next part in this series.
It's been six months. Where is it? Lol
My guess is it got cold and was no longer as fun to be in the water. Maybe we'll get more progress next year
@@nikolausluhrs probably not
@@samreiter3116 alright Negative Nancy
man, your project is a quite complex one, but your solutions are simple and straight to the problem, I love it, great work
I really like your Airbag-Sollution. I think I have seen people filling motors with oil to get a similar result.
Wet sub kayak is a project that I allways wanted to try out (but time and resources prevent that).
If they had you on Gilligan's Island 🏝️ there wouldn't have been a show. Making the Professor look like a School boy. Nicely done sir!
I see you are a FlexSeal Enjoyer too. A man of culture and taste.
Very cool. If you need to reshape any part of the remaining HDPE it can be thermoformed by getting it hot and clamping it into the desired shape as it cools.
If you have a DPV already and your arms get tired, add a D-ring and submarine strap to your BC and clip it onto that to pull you along. Deep cave divers down in Florida that push miles into caves use rigs like this. (They actually have stage divers that will set multiple DPVs along the expedition routes, and that just blows my mind.)
KSP back ground music, brilliant.
That airbag is such a cool ingenious idea
Can't wait for part 2 this would be awesome if my local water was clearer
👍 Fascinating! Bonus for me is the secret to making HDPE friendly to adhesive, thanks.
Love your videos and ingenuity
It's been 6 months! We want Kayak!!
I love the KSP music in the background lol. Perfect application.
we need more of these
Woah, learned something very, very, very useful from the video. PE adhesive trick is life saver for me.
I am impressed with how little pride you take in making things look good or professional. Sounds like a dig, but I think it's a very helpful attitude when you are building one-off things like this. I would probably spend 10 times as long and get frustrated.
I shed a tear of joy when I heard chemistry jargon. Cool build, and I wish you a swift recovery.
Very keen to see more
So many good construction tips
I dig the KSP building music.
Omg when that KSP music comes in ❤
Glad it's public use!
I particularly like that you come up with simple, basic solutions to address issues!
Everything is straightforward and uncomplicated.
Rather neat solution to pressurise the motor housing to prevent seawater from bypassing the drive shaft 'O' rings, I thought!
Very neat and clever, I had to subscribe.
I really like the idea of the compressible balloon to keep the motor at ambient pressure. You can put those inside a container covered in (deburred) holes in order to protect them from abrasion. 3D printed dams and flex-seal is also a great potting method. I think the stability issues that come with an open-top kayak may be troublesome, be nice if you didn’t need a sump-pump. Getting it back on the surface with motor power and hydrofoils alone might be difficult, though any closed buoyancy tanks would have to be strong enough to withstand the pressure.
Really waiting for part 2!
Love how you don't mess around and just go to town on the epoxy in gloves.
what the hell algorithm... why didn't you recommend *this* video? it's perfect
I'm blown away by everything I"m learning on your channel. Thanks so much for posting and being so creative and awesome! I loved the potting method here. TH-cam sent me to your ESC diy video and I loved that too. subbed and can't wait to learn everything I can from your amazing skillset! Like I never knew you could blowtorch polyethylene to glue to it - amazing trick!
Very cool project. Hope to see a continuation of your work on this later this year!
Wow! I'm really impressed by the [potting of everythig. The 60 grit and flame methods and the use of cheap glass matt with epoxy. I'm going to have to try these ideas on some old kayaks!
This is great entertainment! For myself As a kayaker and tinkerer in process of turning two into a hydroplane also an rc enthusiast this project tick’s all the boxes! I’m liking the design and care going into its water proofing! only thing I’d have done differently was the throttle control for the esc I’d prefer to have full throttle range , I don’t own a pc for tuning so I’d just gut a cheap radio set or use servo testers to run the esc
This was a random treasure on my feed. Well thought out and fun project. Looking forward to pt2, be well.
Awesome project, really innovative. I used to work in subsea robotics and find it a fascinating area. In industry they tend to use a non-conductive moly grease in connectors, it's superb for preventing water ingress. The air compensator filled with mineral would likely be smaller and allow you to go deeper if needed. This is the approach they use on ROVs with PBOF (pressure balanced oil filled) junction boxes. Looking forward to the next installment.
Looking forward to the next big startup, SCUBER
Man I couldn't be any more glad I found your channel! This is genuinely top notch production quality. Good work man.
Sorry to hear about your injury! This is a really interesting project and I hope your recovery goes well enough you want to continue this!
you should add some air floater tanks or even more air tanks so the boat will automatically float up once the air in the air tanks is almost out. it will also make it more easy to steer up and down if you make it have a somewhat neutral weight in the water. you can use the bag principle again to stabilize the pressure.
No. You do realize if you ascend to quickly you can literally blow up your lungs right?! What is wrong with people on here. This is not a safe build! You cannot and ascend quickly without equalization for your body being done properly as well.
Your solution tot he PSI problem is fantastic.
Dude what a great project, loving it so far, discovering your channel was a great discovery! Keep up the amazing work!
Hope you're feeling better and can put out a part two to this in the future! This is so cool!!
Part 2 would be cool
hey quick note - if you look into wood boatbuilding techniques you'll find that you're not supposed to use steel hardware because it'll very quickly rust inside the wood and cause problems.
Sites like Glen-L sell special bronze fasteners (screws bolts etc) that are made to be encased in fiberglass-laminated wood and shouldn't cause issues, even when exposed to water.
Stainless steel works fine
@@krotchlickmeugh627 stainless steel will last longer than normal steel but it's still not the correct choice.
Wow. Fantastic job with the project and the video. Get well soon. Can't wait to see the underwater performance.
This would be sick once finished can't wait to see part 2
Simplistic yet practical too can't wait to see the result when you've put out the second part thanks!😜✌️
You should try and add a tiny viewing port between your legs or on the bottom somewhere to see below you. Probably weaken the structure but it might be useful to easily see the bottom or to see what's below you
Subscribed. Guy I love your videos your editing, your straight to the point work. very intelligent - very informative right to the point no bs. thank you.
What's up with finding these sorts of weird, amazing fun videos lately?!?! I did Mate ROV, and I build Lithium-ion Waterproof batteries in my spare time. If you ever wanted to talk, I would be totally down. This looks so fun!
Awesome project! Hope you get well soon and can continue developing it!
How does this not have more views?!?!?! Love your content!!
Nice conversion.
Note.Any High density Low volume hull would have suited this,as long as it was just large enough to accommodate YOUR body size.
Your initial 'glue problem'....slice waste pieces of standard polystyrene....place them on a test piece of the hull and add superglue....
this will produce poisonous gas(so don't try it indoors)
but you should see the polystyrene MELT.....before it sets HARD.
I fixed the hull of my own kayak using this technique,and found it a lot less costly than fiddling with fibreglass,resins and the cleanup that always follows.
Lovely video.Nicely done.
Thanks for the tip on the epoxy. That's going to come in handy this spring.
got that kerbal space program vehicle assembly building music lol. that aside awesome project, cant wait to see the next part
Oaty makes a clear pvc glue and primer i highly suggest it, makes all your glued joints look clean af! If you’re gonna paint it if doesn’t really matter but if you’re an ocd level perfectionist this stuff is awesome.
Very cool! I didn’t know about that torch trick!
Dude, I stumbled across your channel within this last week and this just came up in my feed. You're like half an hour - 45 minutes north of me.
very interesting trick with the epoxy, thanks for sharing!
i like that i can somewhat understand when you explain how the wiring works
Thanks for the community engagement! I wouldn’t have seen this otherwise. You have me as intrigued in a wet sub as robot cantina has me invested in a cement mixer car!😂 hope you recover soon!
I literally can’t wait to see this in action!
I love the Kerbal Space Program music in the background
Love the ksp music while you’re building lol
Can't wait for part 2 it was pretty cool when it sank
Love the ambiant music man!
Can't wait to see progress on this. Maybe its my fear of the ocean speaking, but you have some balls to build your own submersible.
Here's a project i will follow with anticipation!
Looking forward to part 2.
Awesome but super scary. Be safe and good luck.
can't find any videos from the other sub ! i need that !
love your work !
I don't care if everywhere is frozen, please make part 2 (great video thanks for sharing)
So cool! Another one soon I hope
This is a really interesting project and so much different from other stuff you can usually find on youtube. Good luck with the project! Looking forward to seeing the next part.
i love west palm beach! great video!!
Great content! Hopefully you were well compensated for the Product Placement at 4:53. 😀😀
Wish you a speedy return to full health and a great 2023!
Gah greatest tease in the world, thought we'd see it in action. Hope you recoverr soon to get back out there.
This video is so cool! It will probably gain lots of views.
Cool project man can't part for the next parts
The Kerbal VAB music is perfect for this
Ya know.....why not. I am now interested and excited to see part 2 and any other future progress.
Amazing!!! Can't wait for part 2 but your health comes first, so hope you are doing well my friend👍🏽
Super cool, such a great idea!
I like to drill holes and which ...nice project!
What an awesome video! Definitely subbing for part 2!
This channel deserves a lot more subscribers!
Hearing that song just gave me a wave of KSP nostalgia
Cool project!
Brilliant cant wait for part 2
Dying to see part 2!
I don't think the Flex seal will Harden like that because not enough of it is exposed to air. I recommend You use Two-Part Potting Compound.
You might be able to save yourself some trouble and fill the motor housing with mineral oil as well; it will likely operate just fine as long as the o-ring seal is compatible (or you can replace the seal with a compatible material).
This will allow you to use only a small rubber diaphragm for equalization (to absorb the volume change from any small amount of remaining trapped air) instead of a giant bladder, and will effectively give you no lower limit to your depth.
This project looks awesome! I'm going to have to test out flex seal as potting 😂
The KSP soundtrack is a nice touch
I can't wait part 2 :)
Super interesting project!! - _at first I thought it was clickbait_ :D
Perhaps you should try using a lithium phosphate battery you should be able to find them used even if you use a small 18650 batteries and build your own battery box have tremendous amount of power. Being a scuba diver myself I know you always want to have more juice and more air than you need. Rule of thumb is one third out 2/3 for back. Jic just in case. Keep up the good work can't wait to see the rest of it
Very interesting project