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Eye-popping pedal-powered submarine for underwater adventure

Jul 09, 2009
This show stopping submarine stands out in a crowd with its glamorous design, size and performance. This state of the art underwater vehicle designed by Marine Innovation technologies can be powered by 2 passengers pedaling. This masterfully designed mini two-seater is expected to be a way more affordable while running under water smoothly and memorably.

The cool thing about this underwater gadget is that you will not have to have special skills for operating this gorgeous vessel so you can easily start exploring some underwater hot spots. This fantastic vessel comes with a sticker price tag of 70 000 USD while its novel design in tandem with so called the Coanda effect once in action is able to allow one passenger pedaling to produce enough power to run underwater with the speed of between 2 and 3 knots.

Marine Innovation technologies used rotor-jet propellers in the submarine. As claimed by St Petersburg State Marine Engineering University which were testing the underwater vehicle, two passengers will be able to generate enough power which seems to be above 0, 4 - 0, 8 kW to produce the speed of 2 - 3 knots ranging from 2 to 4 hours. So its operation is facilitated while making it more affordable.

This ground breaking underwater vehicle seems to be easily transportable in your trailer as it measures 3, 5 m in length, 1, 2 m in height and 6, 5 m in width with a weight between 1, 5 and 2 tons. Running in the water, the submarine is able to reach a speed of 2 - 5 knots and 2 - 3 knots when under water. The submarine is able to submerge at depth of up to 30 meters.

If pedaling is not what you like, you will be able to optionally use a low power submarine coming with electric drive. This green underwater vehicle is very intuitive. You will have to just pedal, use a steering wheel along with not numerous buttons and indicators while on board systems are able to operate in both modes manual and automatic. If surfacing takes place in an emergency, there is an automatic and mechanical drive in order to release ballast for safety reasons.

Additionally, this jaw dropping underwater vehicle offers a high level of maneuverability running up and down, backwards and forwards even with a capacity to rotate around its axis. Possibly the most exciting thing about this underwater monster is you ability to discover never seen before underwater views as its body is absolutely transparent which makes your visibility at high level.

Another advantage of this underwater explorer is its comparatively low price while less expensive service as well as operation while no special training is needed. According to sketchy market investigation carried out by Marine Innovation technologies, the expected number of underwater vehicles to be produced is rated to be 1 million units however potential investors are needed. So when in mass production, 10 000 submarines a year are expected to be produced.
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» posted by: wallan / Jul 15, 2009 07:26 AM
wooww this is crazy! i want one!!

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