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I had seen the first link a while back, but your second link, does look like a new design to me as well. Here is more pictures of his newest sub. http://visualrian.com/images/?text=inventor§ion=photo "His new version is 2,300kg, five metres long and 1.2 metres wide. It has an engine and electronic navigation system. He designed it in secret but had a run in with the secret police on one of his very first test-drives. In the Neva River, outside St Petersburg, Puchkov's submarine became entangled in metal nets meant for catching logs. A homemade submarine naturally attracted the interest of the KGB." http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/11/04/10079794.html http://damncoolpics.blogspot.com/2006/11/home-made-spy-submarine.html "After nearly 20 years in the planning, a Russian inventor's ambition to sail to sea in his homemade submarine has hit a snag. Not surprisingly, perhaps, Mikhail Puchkov can't find anyone to join him. The eccentric factory worker has devoted almost all his spare time to assembling the five-metre, glass-fibre submarine in a heated shed at the glass plant where he works in St Petersburg. "People thought I was mad; many still think I'm mad," said Mr Puchkov, who began building the craft in secret as a teenager on the top floor of his parents' dacha, the wooden house where they spent each summer." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1537803/Russian-seeks-passenger-for-homemade-sub.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/columnone/la-fg-fancy03-2001jan03,0,5464926.story > From: laland@artematrix.org > To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Russian Submarine > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:49:32 -0800 > > Here is some interesting images of Mikhail Puchkov's submarine: > http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=449 > This must be an image of a later design: > http://visualrian.com/images/item/166542 > > Jens > > P.S.: Bear over with me, should this be old news to you guys... > > > > > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal > CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database > because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages > from our organization. > > If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the > link below or send a blank email message to: > removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org > > Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an > automated process and should be complete within five minutes of > our server receiving your request. > > PSUBS.ORG > PO Box 53 > Weare, NH 03281 > 603-529-1100 > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ > |