For $1.5M, DeepFlight Dragon Is an "Aircraft for the Water" 76
Zothecula writes No one with red blood in their veins buys a sports car and hands the keys to a chauffeur, so one of the barriers to truly personal submarining has long been the need for a trained pilot, not to mention the massive logistics involved in transporting, garaging and launching the underwater craft ... until now. Pioneering underwater aviation company DeepFlight is set to show an entirely new type of personal submarine at the 2014 Monaco Yacht Show next week, launching the personal submarine era with a submersible that's reportedly so easy to pilot that it's likely to create a new niche in the tourism and rental market.
Nice! (Score:5, Insightful)
One single drug run^h^h^h^hdive and the thing has paid for itself.
There are cheaper ways to kill yourself (Score:2, Insightful)
If not having to learn a lot about one of the most dangerous environments on this planet is meant to attract customers, then this is obviously going to end badly.
There are reasons for that (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Nice! (Score:5, Insightful)
One single drug run^h^h^h^hdive and the thing has paid for itself.
How long can it dive? What mods does this thing need to lengthen the dive+travel time to a few days or even a week or two, depending on its speed? Extra Oxygen, toilet substitutes, extra battery packs, stronger motors to tug the drugs, etc.
Could maybe be done, but it's not easy. Truth is, I think by now it's actually more feasible for the cartells to get their hands on decomissioned subs and their former crew. Or something along those lines.
Re:Pressurized hull (Score:0, Insightful)
The subs can surface as quickly as they want. The problem is the submariners aren't in a pressurized compartment so they can't surface all that fast.
The coral will need guard rails around it (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:The coral will need guard rails around it (Score:4, Insightful)