Transcript Seacoast Scuba Doo Technical Report

Seacoast Scuba Doo
Technical Report
The Team:
Joe Allen, Michael Cargill, Sean Connor,
Matthew Crist, Sean LaMontagne,
Matthew Notaro, Langdon Tarbell, & Zach Venne
Our Team
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8 students
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5 PADI Certified
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1 NAUI Certified
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Age range 14-17
Langdon Tarbell
• Age: 16
• Grade: Junior
• Lives in: Rye, NH
• School: Portsmouth Christian Academy
• Future Aspirations: politics, naval engineering
Matthew Crist
• Age: 17
• Lives in Exeter, NH
• School: Junior at St. John’s Prep in Danvers MA
• Current interests: robotics and engineering
• Future Aspirations: aeronautical engineering
Sean LaMontagne
• Age 14
• Grade :Freshman
• lives in New Castle, NH (on the water across from Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard )
• School: Will be a Freshman this Fall at Portsmouth High School
• Current interests: Military Simulation Airsoft, Member of the
Portsmouth NH Police Cadets, Kayaking, Skiing, Skateboarding
• Future Interests/Aspirations: To continue to work on the Seacoast
Team's Submarine for ISR 2013, and I hope to Join the military.
Matthew Notaro
• Age:17
• Grade: Senior
• School: Royal Academy and Home School
• Future Interests: I am pursuing an appointment to the US
Naval Academy.
• My dream is to become a Naval Architect/Marine Engineer
and design submarines or warships for NAVSEA.
Michael Cargill
• Age: 16
• School: 2011-2013 junior @ GBeCs ( Great Bay e Learning Charter
School) Exeter New Hampshire and also attending Seacoast School
of Technology for Pre-Engineering in Exeter.
• Michael enjoys computer gaming and programming, he also loves
working with tools taking things apart and recreating them.
• Future endeavors include engineering with a special interest in
robotics.
Joe Allen
• Age: 16
• Grade: Junior
• Lives in Rye N.H
• School: Portsmouth high school
• Future Aspirations: he wants to be a navy
helicopter pilot
Sean Connor
• Age: 17
• Grade: senior
• Lives in Fremont NH
• School: Sanborn Regional
• Current interests: Engineering
• Future Aspirations: become an electrical engineer
Zach Venne
• Age: 16
• Lives: Exeter
• School: Exeter High School
• Current interests: Reading, Sciences & sailing
• Future Aspirations: become a scientist and invent
something useful
Participating Schools
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Sanborn Regional High School
Seacoast School of Technology
St. Johns Prep., Danvers Massachusetts
Rye Junior High School
Portsmouth Christian Academy
Portsmouth High School
Exeter High School
Royal Academy
GBECS
Team Leaders
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Ms. Young
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Town - Rye
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Position: nuclear engineer at
Portsmouth naval shipyard
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Current interests - hanging out with my
Seacoast School of Technology
children; improving our country's
competence in STEM subjects
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Mr. Messa
State: Maine
School: Engineering Teacher at
Future goals - put siding on the house
before the snow flies and work to
make America a great place for my
grandchildren to raise their families.
Current interests: hiking, building
things, engineering and most of all
teaching
Team Goals
• The team was started in order to bring an interest
in the STEM areas of education to the seacoast of
New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts
• The team had an aspiration to learn more about
submarines and engeneering
• Short term goal: modify propeller on existing
submarine
• Long term goal: build a complete submarine for
2013 based on experience and knowledge gained
in 2011
Design of Submarine
• The Sub was designed by Wheaton Sub Works.
The major piece of equipment that we made
improvements on was the propeller
• The goal of the 2011 race is to get idea for what
works and implement that on our complete
submarine in 2013.
Safety
Dead Man Switch
Made from a bike brake handle
Quick Release Escape Hatch
Safety Buoy
 Built in SCUBA
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Control Surfaces
The bow, stern plane, and stern rudder
Are controlled by cable wires and a lever
Propulsion
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Power comes from a
cut down bike system
The sprocket system
turns a bevel gear box
The gear box turns
the shaft using a
LOVEJOY coupling
Propeller Design
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The propeller design was based off of
the Kappel design.
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Testing of the angles were performed in
a small scale in a basin
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Built by welding students at SST
Buoyancy Control
Pieces of Styrofoam were cut to
about 691.2 cubic inches to
balance out the propeller
25lbs (1 in3/ 0.036127 lbs per
inch3)
Testing
The propeller design was tested in a small
scale basin in which we tested the speed at
which a boat equipped with a specific pitch of
blade traveled the distance changing the pitch
to find the best angle to come up with the
most effective pitch
There were two test dives in the UNH dive
basin
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Training
8 Dives and lessons
2 were with submarine
Budget
• The submarine was borrowed and about
$100.00 was spent on miscellaneous parts
such as paint, handles for the cradle, high
performance putty compound, etc.
• The propeller was made out of scrap metal
donated to the team
• Large grant from Portsmouth Naval
Shipyard for work on base.
More Information on Our Team
• We all came together 6 months ago from different schools.
• Nobody knew each other.
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In 6 months we have accomplished many things.
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In part it was due to great leadership and initiative from
our 2 leaders.
• We are all here because we made the decision to do so.
Not for just for school credit.
• We worked every Thursday night for the better part of 6
months to get to where we are today.
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We have created friendships and gained a great deal of
knowledge.