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Personal Submarine Cruises SF Bay

Posted by michael on from the down-here-all-the-fish-is-happy dept.

LandSonar writes "Graham Hawkes, the guru of the submarine design business, tried out his new submersible sea plane yesterday in SF Bay. Called the 'Deep Flight Aviator'. Article and cool pictures. This craft doesn't use ballast like traditional subs. Flys more like a plane. 'It looks like something NASA might build or the Blue Angels might fly.'"

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  1. No Ballast? by zer0vector · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the submarine doesn't use ballast to maintain its depth, it must always be in motion to stay at a depth away from equilibrium. Assuming it is positively bouyant (it floats) the motion of the water over its dive planes would be the only force holding it underwater. This seems a bit limited to me, since you'd never be able to stop and enjoy the view underwater. It's probably because I'd be more interested in the stuff sitting on the bottom of the ocean, rather than the things moving through it, which appears to be the point of the sub.

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  2. More cool Small Submarines by TheLurker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For more cool homebuilt submarines, check out the Personal Submersables web page.

  3. build your own sub by paughsw · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This team at Virginia Tech, (I used to be on it) are the three time world champs for a human powered submarine. Check them out, lots of cool videos, and documentation. www.hps.vt.edu