Dolphin Inspired Mini-sub 181
What do you get the millionaire in your life who has everything? How about the Seabreacher mini-sub. Described as a dolphin-inspired cross between a jet ski and a submarine, the Seabreacher has a top speed of 45mph above the waves and 20mph below them. The two-man £30,000 craft is 15' long and its design makes it self-righting. Strangely, this doesn't come with a laser package.
And it can dive for 20 seconds ! (Score:5, Interesting)
How exciting...
Much closer to a jet ski than to a sub... Another expensive and useless toy.
Those guys [ussubs.com] supposedly make proper mini subs (or real ones, although apparently nobody has taken them up on it).
Re:Nothing like this. (Score:5, Interesting)
Drug Runners!
IThey already go through a lot of trouble to make cheap subs to get around customs. Well, this couldn't be too much more expensive and it's reusable and safe. And if they got picked up on radar... Well, they could brush up on dolphin mating calls.
Professor Calculus plagiated (Score:4, Interesting)
Tintin had this decades ago! ;) :)
http://www.sur-la-toile.com/images/articles/ben_1113361162.jpg
Once again Herge was visionary
Re:I want one (Score:4, Interesting)
Well, if you want a real submersible instead of a 20-seconds-below-snorkle-depth, try DeepFlight: http://www.deepflight.com/ [deepflight.com]
Re:Why useless? (Score:3, Interesting)
The mini sub may only do 2 knots underwater but does dive to 300m [ussubs.com] with a 6 hour capacity which makes it an actual submarine. In my eyes it's much more exciting than something that just goes around on the surface.
The dolphin thing, while possibly technically interesting, remains a leisure surface craft. It's also probably quite a bit cheaper.
Re:sea bass? (Score:3, Interesting)