2019-07-27
21:45:29

Dear friends, this internet page will not be regular update. She is here for the basic information about the technology and the building of the project. Updates will be mostly on our Facebook Pages.

2019-07-27
21:45:14

Dear friends, this internet page will not be regular update. She is here for the basic information about the technology and the building of the project. Updates will be mostly on our Facebook Pages.

2019-01-13
17:15:51

2018-09-02
23:14:51

2018-08-05
00:44:15

Dear readers, the submarine can by visited on the "Day of the open Door" 10-11 August from 10.00-18.00 at the navy base "Hohe Düne" Rostock-Warnemünde.

2017-10-26
23:31:23

2016-09-11
23:03:44

2016-03-25
18:39:23

2016-01-21
22:53:19

Hi folks, here the link to the last TV movie made: https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/epg/import/Typisch-Tauchexpedition-AT,sendung471312.html

2016-01-06
16:45:05

2015-09-26
20:05:44

2015-08-12
22:49:55

2015-07-09
21:34:17

2015-04-12
21:59:17

2014-06-26
18:52:05

2014-06-05
19:57:18

2014-05-24
16:35:48

2013-10-20
17:00:46

2013-08-12
22:06:26

2013-08-08
12:35:09

2013-05-21
21:03:07

Dear Frinds of the project, since some weeks we are again on trails. The diver lock out/in chamber was tested in the baltic sea at 14 m depth. A lot of technic was improved, the high fog system and the side scan sonar tested and we operate the boat better and better. We are now able to run the boat smooth on periscop depth. Checklist and handbooks are written, the rudder indicators and the internal light improved and so on. On the other hand we have still 400 hours to do to get the boat to the maximium theoretical performance.

2012-12-29
23:10:59

The submarine project has a winter break. Some of the remaing points of the worklist are allready done. And some new equipment was purchased.

2012-10-23
22:38:24

2012-10-23
22:09:53

2012-10-23
20:54:30

2012-10-23
20:48:54

2012-10-23
20:36:01

2012-08-14
22:14:06

We make the harbour festival of Brake harbour town. Hundreds of people have visited the submarine. Nice that so many are intresst in but also a lot of attention and work all the time for three of the crew members. The next point is to work on the remaining work points to get the boat from "ready to travel and dive " to a status of "ready for Expedition". The next tour will take us out to the Northsea and than via the baltic channel into the Baltic to the harbour of Rostock. There we will test intensive the sub and training the crew.

2012-08-06
00:04:54

Dear friends, the first travel was on the 4th August 2012 the river up , via the town of Bremen to a lake with a entrance from the river. We make there out first two dives to a depth of about 25 feet. Small leaks, many idears to make the sub better but no bigger problems. We sail back in the night and there fore test all lamps. On sunday the 5th August we sailed from the building location to the harbour of Brake. There will be a harbour festival on the weekend 11-12 August were the sub will be on display and clear for your inspection.

2012-07-08
23:54:29

On the 7.7.2012 at about 17:17 and after 12 years of construction the Euronaut was christened from Annegret Standfuß and guided in its element. The bottle of champagne smashed with 36,4 kmh to the hull and vaporsied to 3785 parts. During the launching about 200 guest are there. Oposide to the weather forecast we have no thunderstorm but nice warm sunshine weather. We made a small turn on the river with 1600 of possible 2400 rpm of the main-engine. The boat is surprisley manoverable for a 60ts monster.

2012-07-01
20:08:36

The batterys are charged and the compressed air bottles are filled. Yesterday two 120ts cranes lift the sub onto a heavy flatbed trailer and the sub was moved to a yard with a shiplift. We make a video of the action: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k-0JvwIRX0

2012-06-16
21:37:14

The opical-elctronical mast is working. We have now GPS and via UMTS Internet conection. Als a Steamerlight, a Positionlight and two deckslight. All three cameras in the mast are online. Means fife of the seven planned cameras are working. The lowpressure test was also done. We notice how important in comes more and more to write a good manual!

2012-06-10
20:11:57

Dear friends, this weekend, Emile, Alexei, Tom and George work here. The regulator has taken to overhaul by Tom. He also arranges for the new filling hoses for the diver chamber - the others are quite old. To launch the boat it carry out that that we need six 2.5 ts lifting bags are mounted on both sides of the U-boat for draft reduction. So we drilled 14 holes in the bilge keels and there used M16 eyebolts. A lifting bag was inflated and assembled an experimental basis. The five are appointed lifting bags would roll in here next week, the 12 belts are already here. The rear dip tank is bolted close top and bottom and the front at the bottom. Above is not because I'm still working on the anchor windlass inside. Emile come with the cable troughull for the mast and the head for the Highfog high pressure bottle built here over and mounted. All mast cables are final in the boat but the plugs still need to be installed. Arne has also drawn on wired and made a wiring diagram for the bilge water alarm system. We now have indicator lights for neutral gear in the center and the tower. The power connection for the mast was started and the switching panel "optical-mast" was built. A final vacuum test in the next week is awaited. Alexei has actually two video cameras could again elicit a color image - at both the coaxial cable connectors were loose! In addition, he has mounted the rudder control wires final. Emile has seen the bilge pumps complete and revised as the result one of the motor mounts. I ordered six new belts, four for use and two in spare. The fire-resistant mattresses for the diver chamber are appointed. A few bottles were filled. George has made a proposal for the first aid kit. With defilibrator, pulse oximeter, and even a lot different other stuff. Enough material to go through as a hospital ship .. Unfortunately, coming on the work list for each hour that is crossed out a new addition. There are still 70 hours.

2012-05-23
23:35:31

Hello, we did some more work. Two salon outsides walls were divided to make it possible to install watertight storage boxes for the Crew equipment. Also the control-panel for the diver chamber were divided to make the work on the high fog sprinkler system behind easier. We install some more cables and Arne take the first test runs with the Underwater three phase AC converter. The opto-electronical mast was installed in his foundation.

2012-05-09
18:32:03

Hello, this weekend we filled the freshwater tank and scale the read out indicator pipe. All sinks, water chock are now in use. Also the water closet, the black water tank and all auxiliary water pumps. Yesterday we run the first time the hot water boiler and we filled all water system up to the highest vent pipe to test the tightness of the pipe system. The complete fresh - and waste water system is now operational. On the converter system to make in underwater mode from the DC of the batteries a 3 phase 380V AC was also some further work done.

2012-05-02
22:40:37

The last days I install the gas- and water tight storages boxes between the frames. All together 38 aluminium boxes which were original part of a field-kitchen. A holder for a handheld GPS was installed in the sail.

2012-04-17
22:22:38

Dear friends, a saftey cover was applied in front of the 400V DC to 380V AC Cabinet. The wall panel behind the seamap was divided in two for better access to the cabeltracks without dismounting the navigation electronics. The seemap holder was mounted. The lock's of the sail top covers were reinstalled and the top dome polished. The video-, antenna and light mast is ready for installation. But the nessesary troughhulls are still missing. A fire- and Safteyplan was made and pre-installed. The command switch panel in the sail is now working. We can control now from the sail during surface station the siderudder, bowthruster, sternthruster, main engine and the gear. A 3D Modelmaker has designed the perfect Euronaut Modell. You can see the renderings under "the submarine" than "modells" the last three pictures.

2012-03-18
22:25:31

Hello, the cable to the controlbox in the sail is nearly done and another storage holder for a emergency breathing apparatus was made. Both main computer get an backup and the underwater 380V 3phase system is nearly ready. According to the worklist we have only 95 hours to go.

2012-01-28
18:48:32

Hello. Arne has arrangent that the progammable mainbattery shore conection charger works. The mainbatterys are full. Also the electronic controlled pumps runs now even with the shore charger on the battery. Some overvoltage limiter makes that possible.

2012-01-16
00:15:15

Hi, The page "Presse" was rebuild and the print "Fast Steuerfrei = Nearly without tax" written from Claas Beckmann contains some nice pictures.

2011-12-19
21:02:24

Dear readers, we had many small advances the last days. The trimplate now runs together with limit switches and PLCs. Still need the inclinometer and the emergency hand control. On Optical-electronic mast was also built further. Two additional cameras were installed there and a USB port for the UMTS antenna. In addition, the shore power battery charger arrived and was assembled. Another switchbox is now in the engine compartment - with a switch selector for the different AC 3-Phase sources. And the work to sign everthing with lables is finished.

2011-12-10
21:09:34

Today I would like to remember someone. His name is Hans Siegfried Rathjen. He died on Monday the 05.12.2011 at the age of 67. Hans Siegfried Rathjen was in the time I had the pleasure of working with him a technical inspector in the DGzRS. He was a very nice contemporary and carried out his job with skill and dedication. Not least, it is thanks to his experience that some new buildings that we had worked out together on the Schweers Shipyard, have become so good - as they are here. Hans Rathjen has taught many years ago, the diesel engine of the submarine from surplus stocks of the DGzRS at a very fair price. Marine diesel engines often have proper names. Previously this diesel was called "Helene", after the rescue cruiser's daughter boat he came from initially. As of today he is now so called "Hans". In the hope that he will be as conscientious and reliable as its namesake and of course as a constant reminder.

2011-11-27
21:34:19

Hello, we apply more and more signs. The engine control is now also from the command room possible. The two new and now watertight computers are installed. The cable work on the trimshiftweight is nearly ready. The 1000 pound heavy trimweight runs on dive station to the aft if a man for example goes forward - and the boats stays on even keel. The trimplatte runs on a automatic.

2011-11-13
23:41:39

We set some hundreds labels all over the boat. Surprise how much switches and valves the boat has now. I just found some switches were I had long forgotten which function they have.. We still fight our war with the electric and eletronics.

2011-09-04
21:02:44

This weekend we had have an crew exercise training. We make a course how to escape from a sunken submarine! Some short videos are here: http://www.youtube.com/user/CarstenStandfuss#p/a/u/2/jsBCnWZCj7E http://www.youtube.com/user/CarstenStandfuss#p/a/u/1/mKe76HRVPSQ http://www.youtube.com/user/CarstenStandfuss#p/a/u/0/gtQ3HNuxcGA

2011-08-31
23:23:57

The anchor winch is operational now. We have just to figure out how the chain counter works.. The cabeling of the trimwinch and the two steering consoles has started.

2011-08-22
23:38:18

Dear friends, the bow thruster and the stern truster are operational now. The anchorwinch has power now but runs not properly (Chain wheel slides over)

2011-08-15
23:08:32

At these time we develop the right oil for the filling of the thruster motors. A mechanical solution for the indication of the siderudder in the sail is under construction. Some decals of the exterior of the boat was applied.

2011-08-02
21:49:35

The paint job is done. And the wireing of the thruster in the outside area is ready.

2011-07-11
00:17:56

Today Emile, Tim and Georg help with the paintjob. Is just one last final layer of coat missing. Arne was also here and install the both fuel indicators. And we run the fuel trim pump the first time.

2011-07-10
01:08:12

Good morning. Tom and Emile are here and the rope basket are installed under the deck. The four ropes are also here. They are designed that way that you can use them all together as one long towing line. We have start to apply the last layers of paint to the pressure hull. Tomorrow Georg will help us with that. The new Radio works and Alexej and Tim installed the new computer. This version is now complete watertight. And one more video camera is operational.

2011-05-19
23:52:56

All 107 batteries are online. The submarine is in principel ready to run on the surface and dived. I am just install a modern DSC/AIS VHF Radio.

2011-05-16
22:55:29

Today the starboard main batterie is ready wired and online. Tomorrow some hours more on the portside mainbatterie and the work on the underwater drive is complete.

2011-05-11
22:22:31

All batterys are in place. And there wireing is 85% done. The indicators for the hardtank filling are operational. Hopefully this steamer is next time in the water.. Any further project will be something light. Maybe a space shuttle or so..

2011-05-06
22:56:08

Today the new batteries from BBS Bremer Batterie Service arrived. 58 pcs. 12V 230Ah. Total 160Kwh of power capacity. We build two temporay cranes, one for inside and one for the outside. 12 batteries are now in the ship and tomorrow Alexej, Tim and Arne come to help to lift the rest in. In the control room some indivator gauges are also finalizied. Pictures under "the sub" / "diving equipment".

2011-04-25
14:44:31

Dear friends after some time a new update. The second hand purchase main battery which we purchase for test drives, did not survive the winter. We put them out and scrapp them. A new 4 tons battery is under order but will not be here before may. But the 40kw electronic motorcontoller is now running and we can drive the electric main motor and also charge the battery. The second, smaller one drive battery is operational now.

2011-02-12
21:08:53

Hi, This evening the winter comes powerful back. The flags are iced strait flying und the deck is even iced. The oxygen supply system is ready and the emergency air breathing system also. All pipework is finished.

2011-01-17
00:37:54

Good evening. All three ruders are operational and the ruder indicators works also. The computer network works and the main videoserver is also running.

2011-01-06
20:10:39

This link guide you to an actuel, short TV-report about the sub: www.radiobremen.de/mediathek/index.html?id=040758

2011-01-02
13:29:05

Hello, short videos from some function test are here: www.youtube.com/user/CarstenStandfuss#p/u

2010-12-31
14:11:56

The Gyroscope compass is in and runs. We worked further on the emergency air breathing ringpipe system. And start with test of the rudder indicator systems. All the best for 2011!

2010-12-24
10:19:03

Happy Christmas! The higher alltitude underpressure experiments are finished. We reach a low pressure equal to 5000 meter high mountains in 6 minutes. A three crew members shows high alltitude illness - a little like to much alcohol. The electric sideruder acutator is finish and runs - but we can not test the ruder itself because of ice and snow. In this days we test external a aircraft direction gyro.

2010-12-13
00:00:19

Good evening! The videoserver and a network-switch are installed. The oxygen system is in test mode. The construction work on the emergency air breathing system gets further. The sleeping areas get fabrics to seperate them. The binocular get a fix box. In the machinery room we install the Altimeter(!) from a Mig15 aircraft for underpressure test.

2010-11-07
00:01:14

Good evening, today Arne, Ingo, Emile, Alexej and I playing with the boat and tested some functions and the team play of the crew. Most of the cables are now in place and the boat looks mostly clean. We run the diverchamber, the transfer hatch, the engine, the generator, alarmlights and claxon, the complete internal light and also the external one. The intercom, the navigation, the valves of the hardtanks, the emergency supply air of the diverchamber and some other stuff.

2010-10-07
00:16:31

The second 24V battery is on the mainbus und most of the navigation electronics works like depthsounder, sidescan sonar, forward looking sonar, seamap, VHF-Radio, CB-radio, and radio. Still 140 hours to do according to the list.

2010-09-27
23:34:14

Hello dear all, three of the outer videoeyes are on there cables. Many other cabeling was done. Arne conected one of the two big 24V batteries groups to the mainbus and the electric is now undependably from the shore conection!

2010-09-18
23:35:41

The Intercom system between sail - command room - diver chamber and engine room is operational. Steve McQueen a guest from the US did the work. The kitchen is also ready. We still ongoing cabeling.

2010-09-12
18:41:21

Hello, Tim was here and the final decision for the videosystemwas made. In total we will have seven videocameras on board. Also this weekend a S/S bumper protecton for the side-scan-sonar was build, the anchor system finalzied and the pumps for fuel trim, heating, warmwatercirculation and bilgewater are conected to the cables. About 180 workhours are between us and the water..

2010-09-05
23:21:20

We made the cables for the bow- and sternthrusters. And install the first one of them. Not so easy with 95mm2 cables in a strong rubberhose.

2010-09-04
20:05:11

Hello! The third battery is ready. And the internal light system is working.

2010-08-23
20:59:37

Dear friends, the bowlights are installed. The radios work. We can now listen to "Bremen port". 75% of all cables are in - but still not connect. The third battery group is 50% on the wire. The cuhsions for the salon are in and fit. Georg and I drop one of the emergency drop plates for test purpose and reinstall it. The sub has now his letter of size, home harbour and IMO number are labeled on the sail. The boat is now in the register of seaships and has now the right to raise the country flag all over the sea. We have the okay from a insurance company and the okay for a place in a harbour. And we have still at least 250 hours to do. Mostly electric and electronics.

2010-08-16
22:39:50

In the last weeks some kilometers of cables were put into the submarine.

2010-06-23
00:52:52

Yesterday, 21 June we lift the sternsection with the support of a heavy mobilcrane to the forwardsection and bolted the submarine tight. The Shipbuilding work ends. Pictures under "The submarine / Interior"

2010-06-03
22:39:26

On the last weekend Alex and Ingo preparing sail and deck for the final paint by sanding and washing. The last four days I paint the sail and the deck. Its RAL 5010 blue a very strong signal blue. Heaven what a blue.. We will later add a yellow strip around the sail so that the boat will be better vissible at sea. Very simmilar to the old school-submarine in the baltic sea during WWII. About the half of the new AGM battery has found place behind the coverplates of the command-room. Rest will follow soon.

2010-05-24
11:29:41

The boat was lifted with the help of some heavy hydraulic jacks about 100mm to get the three keybolts out for maintance and final installation. This bolts held the emergency dropplates in place. We got 1,6 ts more AGM batterys which awaiting installation next time. The preparing for the final paint job has just start.

2010-05-16
13:36:40

Both Hardtanks are bolted close and allready pressure tested. The sensr for the filling level there are now calibrate. A leak in the exhaust system was fixed.

2010-04-17
20:56:29

The four servo controlled ballvalves for the soft- and the hardtanks are operational from the commandroom. The computer screen and the motor of one compressor, both destroyed by wrong wireing are replaced with new units. The two hardtank hatches are now in place with the help of an very simple selfbuild crane. Another pressuretest dive up to 48 Meter "depth" was done in the diver lockout chamber.

2010-03-14
22:45:44

The 380V DC System and the shore concetion are ready. The main cable track gets more beam and the rudder fins on the sail are now operational from the Control room. Some Alu- fashionplates are divided in parts to get better access to the technology behind it.

2010-03-07
19:51:55

There was not so much done over the winter months. But the diverlockout chamber has now light, the servodrive for the diverexithatch works and the two CO2 scrubbers there also. In the hole sub the yellow alarmlight gots there cables. The two main CO2 scrubbers in the WC-room works and in the same location the fan and the pump for the watercoolingsystem of the frequencydrive of the electric mainmotor.

2009-12-21
20:29:57

The KSS-Eurosub made his first real Expedition without any problems: www.finnsub.cz/garibaldi/eng/index.php On the Euronaut we work mostly on the electric. Switchboxes and cabels was set.

2009-10-12
00:14:04

In the last weeks we did not so much on the Euronaut. The battery is in and 90% of the Interior. Mostly we work the last time on the K3 man KSS-Eurosub which was launch on the 10 october 2009. Picture of the boat see at "Other projects"

2009-08-23
22:28:02

All lead ballast is in and 66% of the battery are in place. Two of the three board computers are allready running for test purpose. The reinstallation of the internal walls and plates has start.

2009-08-09
22:46:11

The freshwatertank is installed, the wastewatertank also, all airfilters are in. All highpressure lines are installed and tested. The diver chamber is ready to use and has seen a manned dive test to a pressure equal to 12 meter waterpressure. The 540 kg 24 V Navigation battery is in and also some of the lead ballast. Arne B. has build and installed the analog/digital transducer for ll machinery instruments. Most of the highfog mist system lines are in.

2009-08-05
23:18:50

Alle cable-tracks, the fuel trim pump and the heather for the centrale are installed.

2009-08-04
22:35:37

The change to the new house is mostly behind us and the reinstallation of the outfitting of the submarine has started. The diver lock out/lock in chamber is to 95% ready just the cabel are missing.

2009-07-03
15:05:35

Er big step was done, the inside of the sub was complete sandblasted and a high quality paintjob with four layers was done. The company Relius again a big "Thank you" fo the paint. The final reinstallation will start soon - but first we change our home to an other house.

2009-05-06
21:36:32

Hi, the electic drive has a second full power test allready done and the 60 batteries are connected to 380V DC output. The big pressure reducer between the highpressure airline and the medium pressure hardtank system was installed and tested. Some pressue gauges was installed. The foundations and holder for the internal oxygen bottles and the storage bottle for the higfog sprinkler system are made and installed.

2009-04-19
20:54:57

The inner section is nearly empty now. This is nessesary to sandblast and paint all the inner steelwalls and frames of the mainbody and the diverchamber. The new Thruster was purchased and premounted. All hatch seats a final grinded and polished. The drain holes in the bilge areas of the frames are done. All internal Alu panels, walls and floorplates are engraved now with a description on the backside. The maindrive belt was final adjusted.

2009-04-01
22:47:18

During the construction of the main engine cooling watersystem I made a mistake and build the main-gear oilcooler bypass into the hot outlet side of the cooling system. I correct that now and the main gear oil cooling system is no a bypass on the inlet side of the main cooling system.

2009-03-21
16:49:18

This weekend we make another important step. Ulrich runs the Frequency-driver for the electric main motor and Gernator in a test mode. The gearbox, shaft and propeller runs first time on electric power and als the charging of the batterys works. To do this the diesel runs the E-motor as generator and this one loads the batterys. There are some short videos on "youtube" if you search there for "Euronaut" and "Submarine".

2009-03-13
20:58:51

Until now all Batterys are in the storehouse and under charge. Some of the final electrical Troughhulls for the sub are allready made and the additonal gearwheel for the diverexithatch is produced. For the Sgt.Peppers project the new stainless steel Pressurehulltank for the Lithium-Polymer Batteries is finished. Tomorrow georg will ome for work and the day after tomorrow Arne to take cables from the electric main engine to the frequenccontrollerroom.

2009-03-01
20:15:07

Georg and I work the hole saturday to scrapp out the new rent Battery Storehouse. We move 40 (1,4t) of the 66 Submarine Batterys to the store. Sunday Ingo was here to meassure the size of the salon table. Sunday I make also the 33 Battery-bridges to connect all 12 V Batterys to pairs of 24 Volts and start to charge them. In the evening Tim and Volker was coming with the new watertight foil-tastaturs and mousepads. Picture see "The sub" - "Control-room"

2009-02-08
19:26:42

Dear Friends This weekend I work on the living space area in the supply-lorry. You can now imagine how it will looks later. On the Euronaut I did the wireing job on the Intercom. And we build three new contoll panels for the centrale-consoles. Portside forward will be switches for Gear, Diesel and sideruder. The new panel on starboard aft contains the two switches for the deep ruder. The is another simillar panel on portside aft which is unused and will be spare for later developments.

2009-02-01
23:33:27

On this weekend I worked on the gear of the diver exit hatch. Arne did some cable work at the 220V socket in the machinery compartment and also worked on the 24V fuse and batteryselector diodes there.

2009-01-25
19:52:00

Today we adjust the Spline- line of the decksside plates because of the filler job on the bow cones. We change the 12V trimplate winch and have now a new one with 24V DC. We build a new stainless steel foundation for the winch.

2009-01-24
18:05:04

Georg and I change and adjust today the belt of the AC-Generator. Production of Electricity and air is now without any problems. And we install under the superstructure some more air bottle holder and filled allready the first bottle there. On the breathing air Bauer compressor we change the oil.

2009-01-11
21:22:54

Arne and Emile has worked some days on the sub. The Dive- Alarm lamps in the engine compartment, the Salon, the centralstation and the diver chamber are build in. Some automatic fuse installed. Conection boxes for the Intercom are now in place. The exhaust heat sensor is also in place. Some wiring was done. The work to make the troughull connectors has start. Means the most time we spend now for eletric installations. I myself start also to work out the kitchen area of the supply lorry.

2008-12-15
22:52:45

Hello, All exterior valves are installed. The drive is runing regular. All pressure- compensators for liquid filled void spaces are in place. If we install the sideruder servo and flange the boat halfs together it would be possible to run the boat - but to launch the boat regular it is nessesary to do still around 1000 hours mostly for elektrik and paint job.

2008-11-29
22:54:55

Hello, the drive runs for fife hours in a load test with the AC-generator to produce electric power without any problem. Diesel rpm was 1900 - means travel speed. The sub can produce his own electric power without a shore power conection. The keel-cooling-water system of the diesel is of that size that this work without time limit also onshore - at least in winter time.. Videos of testruns also at Youtube - there "Euronaut" and "first" http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=RkVdmv0w3S0 http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7i05s92ak&feature=related

2008-11-22
13:58:49

Hi, both submarines are under snow. I display pictures at "Other projects" and "The sub" - "accessory" because the picture shows also my old VW-LT motorhome a last time - I will partly cannibalize it and than take a last long tour to a scrapping place. Over the winter I like to build also the interior of the blue supply lorry and will recyle parts of the VW motorhome like stove, frezzer and heather. It is clear that we work also on the interior of the Euronaut.

2008-11-02
00:17:17

Today we have the first test runs of the drive system. Diesel, Maingear, DC-Generator, AC-Generator running. The propeller works in both directions. The boat can produce his own electric power now. The next days we will fix some minor items.

2008-10-18
20:39:16

For the Euronaut project the first test run of the drive system (onshore) will be at first day of November. It is still a lot to do until this date. This week we filled allready 40 liter battery acid, 250 liter engine colant and 650 liter diesel fuel in the sub. Our friend Peter from UC1 Freya, UC2 Kraka and UC3 Nautilus submarine project has a new hobby: www.copenhagensuborbitals.com

2008-10-05
22:09:14

This weekend Emile and I build the missing parts for the maindrive belt. The complete drive train should run fo test porpose until this year. Pictures see: The submarine /Equipment

2008-09-20
17:58:37

Hello, the filler work on the bow has started. The three bowcones and the three stern cones will be shaped to a teardrop. Picture under: The sub / equipment. The Chainbox and Chainpipe are final in place and the pipe work on the pressure bottles under the superstructures is final done.

2008-09-07
20:28:00

Hello, all 15 pressure bottles are now installed below the superstructure. All together 28 bottles are installed. The 15 outside one awaiting the final pipe conection. The softtanks are final painted inside. Next step is to reinstall the anchorsystem.

2008-08-31
19:04:25

The first seven 50 Liters Pressure Air Bottles are installed outside under the superstructure. Pictures are shown under: The Submarine / Equipment. All together 17 unizts now installed and 12 still left.

2008-08-08
23:56:37

Hi, I just change my main job and start as Production manager of a small yard. The new job needs a lot of attention and therefor I have not so much time for the submarine. We start to paint the pressure hull below the superstructure so we can install the pressure bottles there in the next time. Also we start the paintjob of the inside of the soft ballast tanks.

2008-07-13
19:01:34

Hello, the hardtank pipe work under the superstrucure is finished. Siderudder, deeprudder and bilgekeels and the inside of the hardtanks are final painted. In the last days we work on the kuppling behind the maingear and the hotwater heating system in the diverchamber. Even we make some more lead bars for ballast reason.

2008-06-19
23:07:56

Hello, The company RELIUS sponsors all the paint and filler! We are under way to paint many areas. Also we build just the piepwork under the superstructure.

2008-05-25
00:16:49

Hello, Building progress: On the workship truck the electric overhead crane was installed. This crane can be use to change batterys and pressure bottles of the Euronaut even inside the harbour. The oneman midget submarine Sgt.Peppers is now in store inside this rolling workshop. At the Euronaut submarine the exterior exhaust system was final installed and also the two bilge keels are now on - including the zinc anodes.

2008-04-13
22:30:36

Short: At the lorry the starter got a refit and the breakaircompressor was changed. Also the four windows of the accomodation part are installed. On the submarine many of the pipe system for the fire fighting sprinkler system are in now and we did further welding on the bow- and stern- thruster foundations. The bypass air pieping of the softtank entrance are nearly ready and the stainless steel wires for the side rudder lever are also installed. For the oilpressurecompensator of the anchor winch a foundation on the chain locker was installed.

2008-04-03
09:39:33

Hello, during the last time not so much was done on the Submarine. Mostly because I work out the Lorry als Harbour-workshop-carrier. Unfortunatly this is a bigger refit. We cut and lower the cargobox roof by 400 mm and start to build an accomodation part inside. Stefan's new Rebreather homepage is online: www.exive-rebreather.eu . The One-man Submarine Sgt.Peppers is for sale. Possible buyers can contact me via the Emailadress on the Crew page. The boat just pass a 210 meter deep pressure test and is in good and operational condition.

2008-01-26
21:23:44

Good evening people, the aft lateral thruster foundation is in and the bell-type-anchor is filled with 210 Kg lead, there for the anchor system is finished, accept the electric part. For the main drive belt down wheel a hinge was build so that a belt exchange is possible in a short time. The diesel engine exhaust system is now insulate and the aft fueltank manhole was closed. We have also some progess on the pipeing of the wastewater and the bilge drainage system.

2008-01-06
18:50:37

Hello, the underwater part of the bow thruster is premount and awaiting final welding. I start to build the pipe work to get the cable in the forward dive tank.

2007-12-29
19:05:13

Dear friends, the weld-in plate for the thruster are here and I just make the treadholes for the flangeplates. Later this two plates will be install in the thruster pipes. The wheels and belt for the belt drive of the AC-Generator and the maindrive also arrived. The Ac-Generator belt-drive is allready installed. The main belt will be installed next time.

2007-12-24
16:02:11

The Euronaut Crew wishes merry christmas and a happy new year!

2007-11-14
23:40:38

Hi, in the last days we work on the watercooling system for the frequenzy drive of the electric main drive. Also some first work on the bow- and stern- thruster starts.

2007-11-10
22:47:19

Hello, with the last storm tide the hull of the submarine saw water yesterday and the bilge of the machine area, which is not yet waterproof partitioned, was flooded. Since the bilge under the floor plates at present is however empty there around pipes to draw in limited itself the damage on evacuates and wipes. The spring system is far progressed and at present works we on the fresh water supply for cold and warm water.

2007-10-24
12:23:40

Hello, at present I insert the anchor plant. Hoist and mushroom anchors are already inserted. The chain guard is in preparation. The way of the chain guidance turns out however as surprisingly difficult and time-consuming. Arne raves itself meanwhile in the engine room at the cables out. Both compressors and the two high pressure bilge pumps are now electrically up-wedged. We installed a further cable railway in the MR. A drainage canister for compressor condensate was also installed. The toothed belt wheels for the AC generator and the main drive belt are ordered. In addition various stainless steel water pipelines and the fuel retrimming station develop are so well finished.

2007-09-09
21:03:04

Hey, The 64 Batterys are now stored on there Palce in the racks in the boat. At this time we are working on the instalation of the six DC/AC 24/220 C Converter and the six AC/DC 400/48V Charger

2007-09-03
08:57:21

Hi, we purchase for the projekt our lead-gel main-battery with 64 units 12 V 100 AH. We just start to preinstall them. Pictures under "The submarine"

2007-07-28
19:10:29

Hello, I have holiday and working strong on the submarine. Both electric drives for side and deep - rudder are now installed. At the moment I melt every day about 300 kg (700 pound) lead to bars which will find there place under the batteries in the bilge of the boat. Pictures see in the "interior" section of the "The Submarine"

2007-07-01
19:37:51

Hi folk, the 2007 crew- metting was used for a deep test of the diver lock-out/lock-in and decompresion chamber. For this purpose we pump 7.5 ts river water inside the chamber and pressurzied the chamber with air to 32 bars/468 psi - equal to a divedeep of 320 Meter or 1050 feet. The chamber did the job without problems and the three video remote controled gauge indicate that the bending and stress in the bulkheads is inside the tolerance of Andre's FE-computer-model. On the next day Stefan did a manned "dive" to 80 Meters dephts (260 feet. Down and groundtime 10 Minutes, decompresion overall time 50 minutes. The chamber will be now sandblast and than paint. Than reinstallation of all the inside equipment and after this full operational. A small but important step for this submarine project. All crew members a thank you for there help. The next crew-meeting will be about end of the year for the test run of all the machinery room equipment.

2007-06-29
13:50:12

Hello, something has be done in the last weeks. We start with the bilge-system and install the 24 V DC generator. On this Weekend we will build out all the equipment from the diverchamber and pressurzied the chamber with water to testdeep. We do this in combination with the crew meeting 2007.

2007-05-26
17:50:09

Hi Folks, we start to built the Dieseltank - pipe and trim system including the pump station. The four lifting-eyes are now allready welded on topp of the pressure hull.

2007-03-15
09:05:15

Hi, soon we are starting with the construction of the keel ballast weight and the anchor. We need about four tons of lead. Whoever has over 100kg left in northern germany or wants to sell that cheap may please contact Carsten per mail. (ingot, water pipes, tire weights etc)

2007-03-06
23:47:02

Hello, the injured foot is putting me out of action, so I use the lying around to revise the weight and barycenter calculations. Whoever is interested in: The finished sub will weigh 58 tons, 470 kilos and 131 gram..

2007-02-22
20:10:59

Hy people!
The page is in testing status at the moment. Unfortuantely I'm not able to do anything with the sub: My foot is in hard plaster.. :-(
Basically done in the last weeks were some tubes for the ventilation system of the diesel-, fresh- and wastewater tanks. The ankerage is also in preparation.