New personal Submarine

[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...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by August

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

I assume there is a compartment with some Norwegian lend-lease latex girls.



Bonus points if you recognize the reference...

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I assume there is a compartment with some Norwegian lend-lease latex girls.
Bonus points if you recognize the reference...

OK, out of curiosity, I googled that.... Now.... even after googling that line, I'm pretty sure obscure hipsters call this reference pretty *******ing obscure.


Dhaulagiri 8.172 metres. La muntanya de les tempestes (1981)?


Edit: whoops forgot the useless link

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

OK, out of curiosity, I googled that.... Now.... even after googling that line, I'm pretty sure obscure hipsters call this reference pretty *******ing obscure.


Dhaulagiri 8.172 metres. La muntanya de les tempestes (1981)?

The movie was called 72 meters...

Warrant officer Mikhailov: It's like this... We have been sent from Norway, as a lend-lease aid, you know, a batch of latex girls. You know, inflated rubber girls... It is strong latex. 3 mm, the average size.

Chernenko: For what?

Warrant officer Mikhailov: Not for what, but for whom. For the captain and for the [first] mate. But keep it underthe hat, since the batch is small. The crew somehow manages, but these guys...

Chernenko: Are you kidding?

Warrant officer Mikhailov: Not at all. They've no you-know-what for 6 months on end. So you have to receive them.

Chernenko: Where shall I receive them?

Warrant officer Mikhailov: At the storage facility. I'll show you the way.
****
Chernenko: Good afternoon, comrade captain!

Captain Yanychar: Same to you. So, have you been debriefed already?

Chernenko: Yes, but there is a little predicament.

Captain Yanychar: What predicament?


Chernenko: Women...

Captain Yanychar: What women?

Chernenko: From Norway. Lend-leased latex girls. For you and for the mate. [The XO shakes his head] They say they've run out of them.

[Mikhailov smiles]

Captain Yanychar [to the crew]: Well, my dear busters, Won't I pepper your asses!

[Gargamel]

Interesting, they must have gotten it from the movie I linked, as it's a quote from there. Or maybe from some other source. I dunno.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Interesting, they must have gotten it from the movie I linked, as it's a quote from there. Or maybe from some other source. I dunno.

72 Meters was based on a book by Alexander Pokrovsky so maybe that Spanish movie is based on it as well.

[August]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I assume there is a compartment with some Norwegian lend-lease latex girls.

This is why they lost the cold war.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by August

An interior something along these lines:

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