RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RE:Sub Parts

["Rob Teed" <robteed@netzero.net>]

Sounds cool..but I never heard of it....If anyone has a
 pic...let us know.
Rob Teed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]On Behalf Of Captain Nemo
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 2:36 PM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RE:Sub Parts
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Teed" <robteed@netzero.net>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 12:09 AM
> Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] RE:Sub Parts
>
>
>  "Thanks for the concern..but I have no intention of  building a sub that
> would go more then 4feet underwater. I am going to build the "AQUASUB II"
> which may not be a "REAL" sub anyway."
>
> Yep.  I've always thought shallow was cool: lots of beautiful
> sights to see,
> and the best underwater visibilities are usually in shallow
> water.  Have you
> guys ever seen a semi-submersible catamaran called the SCUBACAT?  I saw it
> featured a few years back on an Aussie TV show (cable TV) called BEYOND
> 2000.  The inventer made two pontoon hulls; an enclosed Nissan automobile
> engine powered a squirt drive; had a bubble-pod in the center; and the
> framework was articulated to move via the kind of hydraulic system that
> operates a backhoe.  This boat could cruise along on the surface with the
> everything above water; then the hydraulic system enabled the boat to
> reconfigure to where the pod and pilot were submerged at a few feet depth
> while the cat hulls and engine remained topside.  Had a forced air system
> that blew air from the surface through the pod and back up again:
> continually refershening the atmosphere.  I wondered about how
> well he could
> see and avoid surface traffic; but then, that's a two-way street, and he
> seemed to be doing pretty well with it.  He said he wanted to
> build larger,
> tourist carrying versions; but that was the last I heard of it.
>
> Good luck with your project!
>
> Very best regards,
>
> Pat Regan
> vulcania@interpac.net
>
>

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