I wanted to make one of these at one time... I think I grew through it. Never mind making the darn thing, it's everything else. How do you get it to the dock and into the water? How do you get it to where you want to submerge? Where do you keep it, on a trailer in the front yard next to the rusty cars? I just don't know...

http://www.prismnet.com/~jrf/SubPics/index.html

 

it might be cheaper to just buy one of these and have someone throw it in the ocean.

http://www.batesville.com/html/2.htm

 

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Ouch that's harsh... but probably true...

 

**** no thanks. Would be pretty damn scary to be in that thing.

Yager-

 

So like did this couple ever get the thing to work looks like it's been about 8 months since the last update?

I think it looks really cool, yes impractical but fun. I think it would be a fun thing to do if you lived like right on the lake, then you could just like park it in your own dock.


Of course it would have been alot simpler to just build a smaller non manned sub stick a camera in there and control it via cable. But this looks more fun.

 

How is this superior to a SCUBA suit?

 

You're kidding right? You don't get wet.

 

damn thats a lot of money invested for something of so little return. i mean, unless you bust a nut over being in a metal pod under murky water with little to see, i dont see the practicality in this at all. nonetheless, this is quite cool and i commend the workmanship. definetely something i dont have the skill, time, nor patience to create. for effort and innovation.

 

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Ever heard of a DRY suit?

 

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Ever hear of ONE atmosphere?

 

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LOL...that's what I was thinking. That's a an awful lot of work to fab up your own coffin....

 

You guys know that people fab up all kinds of stuff right? A good friend of mine's father is building his own airplane. If you know what you're doing I don't see what the big deal is.

 

Well, if the airplane engine dies you have some chance of gliding down. If the window fails you can still fly. If a window fails in your submarine, you:
1. Get squashed really fast, compressing the air in your lungs down to nothing.
2. Can't breath.
3. Freeze.
4. Can't get out.
5. Can't see because it's dark.

My brother built his airplane, and I'd say the above situation is not like an airplane. Making something and using it are two completely different things...

 

rofl looks like it'd sink right to the bottom

 

http://www.bionicdolphin.com/t....html
hehe Build one of these instead!!!

 

I don't get it... it's a jet ski with a lid, which won't be air tight below about 3 feet. The engine runs out of air fast too. And the video is a bit much, showing them at depth... I wonder if they've bothered to do the math to figure what the pressure is on the acrylic cover at, oh, say 99 feet. I pick that because it's 3 atmospheres, or 45psi... that's per square inch. That's 6480lbs per sq foot. Can you say "implosion." Yeah it's a fun toy, but I could do without the silly extrapolation that whatever works at 3 feet is a no-brainer for any deeper...