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Build your very own submarine starting from $50,000
- kylebrown 14y agoGreat, this is just what I needed to transport a bunch of coke from my hookups south of the border. (google: cocaine submarine)
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoNarco-subs are designed more for stealth than recreational diving (poor viewports, lots of cargo, old narco subs were just semi-submersible). Anyways, they cost about $2 million to build according to wiki, so they are sort of out of our price range. But you might be able to get a used one on the cheap from your coke dealer... For recreation, I think this wouldn't really beat just plain old snorkeling, or even scuba for the more involved. Its more like a rich-guy toy.
- planetguy 14y agoFor recreation, I think this wouldn't really beat just plain old snorkeling, or even scuba for the more involved. No. Though it does enable you to say things like "So I went out in my submarine last weekend" and "I have a submarine" and "Hey, want to see my submarine?" And if that's not worth fifty thousand dollars I don't know what is.
- heretohelp 14y ago>And if that's not worth fifty thousand dollars I don't know what is. Half a year's work output from a skilled engineer?
- javert 14y agoYeah, this would not have the stamina to be a narco-sub. As in, it goes too slowly and runs out of air too quickly. (I say this based on its apparent similarity to scuba technology, not out of narco experience.) In fact, if it works like I think it does, you should be able to go down farther for longer periods of time with scuba equipment (esp. if you use something like nitrox). I could be wrong though... this is out of my 20,000 leagues. (oh ho!)
- frenchman_in_ny 14y ago"you should be able to go down farther for longer periods of time with scuba equipment (esp. if you use something like nitrox)." This is wrong - nitrox doesn't let you go down farther for longer periods [1]; in fact, oxygen toxicity happens at a shallower depth on nitrox than on regular air. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrox#Oxygen_toxicity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrox#Oxygen_toxicity
- javert 14y agoGood to know. I am a recreational diver but obviously not nitrox certified. :D
- blaabjerg 14y ago> this is out of my 20,000 leagues. 20 000 leagues is not a reference to depth ;)
- javert 14y agoThat's irrelevant to the pun, which was referencing the common expression "that's out of my league" as well as the famous novel about a submarine, "20,000 leagues under the sea."
- blaabjerg 14y agoAh, my bad. I thought it was a play on "out of my depth". Apparently I need to work on my reading comprehension.
- sparknlaunch 14y agoI was looking for a submarine kit for recreational purposes however clearly missed the massive drug smuggling opportunity. Wiki: "A narco-submarine (also called narco-sub, drug sub and Bigfoot submarine) is a type of custom-made ocean-going self-propelled submersible vessel built by drug traffickers to smuggle drugs." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine
- ThomPete 14y agoOne of Copenhagen Suborbitals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Suborbitals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Suborbitals) co-founders first build this submarine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC3_Nautilus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC3_Nautilus Pretty cool guys too.
- javert 14y agoThis submarine was Peter Madsen's third submarine design and is the largest privately built submarine in the world. - Wikipedia False. This article from 2007 [1] discusses the highly secretive company where billionaires go to buy their luxury submaries, which apparently run up to 65 meters [2].The Nautilus goes only to 17.76, if its wikipedia article is to be believed. [1] http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/lifestyle/luxury_submarines/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/02/lifestyle/luxury_submarines/... (incidentally, one of the most instantly fascinating things I've ever read in my life) [2] http://www.ussubmarines.com/submarines/luxury.php3 http://www.ussubmarines.com/submarines/luxury.php3
- ljf 14y agoI would guess that the story was pr spin, and since they or any owner has provided proof of a craft larger than 18 meters, that it's all theoretical. Would be amazing if there are private craft out there like they describe, but I'd need more than some renders and there word to believe it.
- javert 14y agoWell it was published by CNN, which is one of the largest media organizations and generally considered reliable. I've gotten 3 responses trying to throw cold water on my post, which was just me sharing something that I thought was exciting. I don't get it.
- anamax 14y ago> Well it was published by CNN, which is one of the largest media organizations true > and generally considered reliable. CNN may be considered "reliable", but it isn't.
- rogerbinns 14y agoNote that this sub is open to the water in the bottom which means that the air pressure is the same as the water pressure. That means you have to take all the same precautions as divers in terms of depths, ascent rates and making sure you don't get the bends.
- TrevorJ 14y agoInteresting, that is a great point - doesn't this make it a diving bell technically then?
- rogerbinns 14y agoYes, their web site specifically mentions that. There is no hatch on the top - you have to enter from underneath. They point out that a good hatch would cost almost as much as the whole "submarine".
- its_so_on 14y agoif it ever turns over, does all the air bubble out of it?
- david_shaw 14y agoYes. That's certainly something that would need to be taken into account when in use.
- johnpmayer 14y agoReading through the specs, it seems that it's designed with that in mind - the center of mass is much lower than the center of buoyancy.
- sprash 14y agoI prefer these: http://tritonsubs.com http://tritonsubs.com
- Tloewald 14y agoI'd have thought that the underwater "plane" designs would be cheaper, more fun, and safer than this.