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The submarine has ballast tanks to maintain its depth and equilibrium; air vents that bring oxygen down from the surface; a functioning PA and a range of emergency systems including back-up batteries, a siren, strobe lights, a breathing apparatus and a pump to fight leaks. The vessel can remain submerged for up to two hours and travels beneath the waves at one and a half miles per hour.
The submarine's body may be constructed from drainage pipes and the hatch from a recycled skylight, but according to its 18-year-old inventor, this single-person U-boat can plunge to a depth of 30 feet and has already completed three successful dives.
Originally posted by applesthateatpeople
reply to post by Havox
Tomorrow's news:
"18 year old drowns"
Seriously, that thing looks like a death trap.
Even if it's not a death trap, it looks like Scuba Diving is much more fun. I can make a tank of air last a long time at only 30 feet deep, and probably swim faster than that sub.
Originally posted by applesthateatpeople
Seriously, that thing looks like a death trap.
Originally posted by Arbitrageur
Even if it's not a death trap, it looks like Scuba Diving is much more fun. I can make a tank of air last a long time at only 30 feet deep, and probably swim faster than that sub.
Originally posted by applesthateatpeople
Seriously, that thing looks like a death trap.
I don't know who would want it except maybe smugglers.
He's got some interesting hobbies though.
The vessel can remain submerged for up to two hours and travels beneath the waves at one and a half miles per hour.
The submarine's body may be constructed from drainage pipes and the hatch from a recycled skylight,
The Nautilus took high school inventor Justin Beckerman just six months and $2,000 to put together
Depends on the current. If the current is 2mph you have to either swim at 2mph to stay near the boat, or do a drift dive, where the boat follows the current.
Originally posted by Havox
What's the average swim speed?