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Spain's New S-80 Class Submarines Sink, But Won't Float
New submitter home-electro.com writes "In the era of total CAD and CAM, is it even possible to come up with a fundamentally flawed design ? Turns out, yes. This a fascinating engineering SNAFU. Spain's newly built submarine is 100 tons too heavy, which means it is unable to float. 'Unfortunately for the Spainards, Quartz reports that they have already sunk the equivalent of $680 million into the Isaac Peral, and a total of $3 billion into the entire quartet of S-80 class submarines. If Spain hopes to salvage its submarines, it must either find some weight that can be trimmed from the current design or lengthen the ship to accommodate the excess weight, The Local notes. Though the latter option is more feasible, it is expected to cost Spain an extra $9.7 million per meter.'"
Some screen doors will help lighten up the load. A lot thinner than regular doors.
Well, this is the perfect submarine - permanently under water.
...still sinking after all these years.
they should just consider it a sunk cost.
Or put caterpillar treads on it and have the world's first underwater tank!
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
They should have kept their mouths shut and sold the finished product to North Korea.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Global Warming!
As the oceans get warmer, the heat gets transferred to the submarine, making it larger. Larger things are heavier and then poof too heavy. It sinks.
Really easy when you understand the physics.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
You really think they cost that much? How much do you think it costs Canadians to fund conspiracies like a massive Maple Syrup Shortage, or the Hockey deficiency in Asia, eh?