New personal Submarine

[August]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

It's not a sub... just a really unhydrodynamically designed glass bottom boat. It doesn't dive.

While it's true that it's not a sub it is way better than just a glass bottomed boat. You're immersed rather than just looking through a window.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by August

While it's true that it's not a sub it is way better than just a glass bottomed boat. You're immersed rather than just looking through a window.

For the amount that it's going to cost, I can go get a rebreather, some high end Face masks, and go be even more immersed as a diver. In fact, for the same cost, I bet I could out fit a decent dive boat.

Concept is okay, but execution . I bet they could double the battery life if they added the simplest of streamlining to the 'capsule'.

And from the article, it seems they are aiming it at yacht owners. I don't see a practical, and space saving way of securing it on deck. It's the wrong shape!

[Weiss Pinguin]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

And from the article, it seems they are aiming it at yacht owners. I don't see a practical, and space saving way of securing it on deck. It's the wrong shape!

That's because it goes in the water, silly If you wanted to be dry on deck, why would you buy an upside down boat in the first place?

[August]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

For the amount that it's going to cost, I can go get a rebreather, some high end Face masks, and go be even more immersed as a diver. In fact, for the same cost, I bet I could out fit a decent dive boat.

I'm pretty sure the folks who would buy that thing do not want to actually get wet. That leaves out scuba or snorkeling, even those fancy yellow things.

Concept is okay, but execution . I bet they could double the battery life if they added the simplest of streamlining to the 'capsule'

I'd bet a solar panel array topside would supply all the power that it needs to operate those tiny motors, but I agree about the general design. A two seater would be a much better option, especially with comfy recliners and wet bar. Needs more external lights as well.

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by August

I'd bet a solar panel array topside would supply all the power that it needs to operate those tiny motors, but I agree about the general design. A two seater would be a much better option, especially with comfy recliners and wet bar. Needs more external lights as well.

See! Now We're getting somewhere!

[August]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

See! Now We're getting somewhere!

An interior something along these lines:

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by August

An interior something along these lines:

Looks comfortable for an escape pod. But the one on the Alfa was more practical...

[kiwi_2005]

I'm surprised you didn't see this on cnn

video of the sub
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/inn...ex.html?hpt=C2

Super-stealth sub powered by fuel cell


Eckernfoerde, Germany (CNN) -- It is almost totally silent, radiates virtually no heat and is constructed entirely from non-magnetic metals.
Meet the U212A -- an ultra-advanced non-nuclear sub developed by German naval shipyard Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, who claim it to be "the peak of German submarine technology."
And few would argue. The super-stealth vessel is the first of its kind to be powered by a revolutionary hydrogen fuel cell that lets it cruise the deep blue without giving off noise or exhaust heat.
That's important, because according to Bernd Arjes, a captain in the German Navy, silence keeps submariners alive.
"We operate in coastal waters around Europe and this submarine is specially designed for finding submarines. If you want to find other submarines of course you have to be quiet," he said.
With this latest technology, he added, "the boat is virtually undetectable."

[August]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Looks comfortable for an escape pod. But the one on the Alfa was more practical...

I note that there are no women in your picture. Personally I prefer my Barbara Bach flotation device...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

An interior something along these lines:

JEEBUS!!....look at the size of the saddle tanks on that