OT: Anyone for a high-performance personal submarine?

How about a home brew from the past..

That's not really a submarine. It's GAS powered, for Pete sake!

MUCH better price; nothing similar in performance, though.

-- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.

--Not really a submarine tho; ballasted all wrong and because of air breathing propulsion it can't stay down for more than a few seconds.. It's been around for a while too; I remember seeing it on one of those Aussie hip-science shows maybe a decade ago..

one! I've yet to see photos of anything except the small model of the real thing.

It reminds me more of a jet-ski than a submarine, albeit a jet-ski with very little visibility.

Of course, if you really want a sub you could always get the harbor freight version:

Yeah, they called it a submersible, not a submarine.

With THAT performance?

I've always wanted the one the kid, Lucas, made for the race in the SeaQuest DSV series. It'd do 130 knots without trying. FUN series.

-- Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.

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Steel is more reliable , easier to fab , DIY hydraulic hammers to forge the rings

Very low cost SUB , mine dives nose first , so ppl stand up , surrounded

by windows , umbilical to surface tender , sends down air and electrical ,

this sub is for rich ppl , not 40 midddle class passengers ,

in its vert position , crew below can help rich guy , down to SCUBA exit ,

then rich man gets bored w SCUBA , he can re enter sub from battom ,

climb up to his room and eat lunch , surrounded by windows of sea creatures ..

Middle class ppl must do a Chineese fire drill to go diving ,,

im workin on a speedy 80 foot steel sailer , forged steel , free standing masts ,

its a fast ocean crosser ..

Looking for a place in Sea of Cortex to weld it up ...

What's the cost of a wetsuit and scuba tank?

;-) Rich

Why not just a snorkel and bare feet?

How fast can you fin? How many skiers can you pull? How many passengers can you handle while finnin'?

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The bad news: There is no key to the Universe.

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Can't stay under for more than a minute or so, and bare feet aren't very good for propulsion, unless you're Mark Spitz. ;-)

How many skiers can you pull with a "personal submarine?" How many passengers can you carry in one?

Thanks, Rich