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I see in some places they are calling the K-250 the Great White and others the Trilobite. They are saying it is a two-person sub that can dive to 500 feet. I wonder what upgrades were made to the allow for a greater operational depth. "LONG BEACH - The Undersea Voyager Project celebrated its official kickoff Monday, introducing one of its key players, the "Great White," a two-person submersible vehicle that will explore the Earth's oceans. One of the key missions of the project's studies will be to gauge the health of the oceans. The kickoff, hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific, put the spotlight on the smallest of the planned submersibles, which can dive 500 feet for up to 72 hours." http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_11241433?source=rss Regards, Szybowski From: brenthartwig@hotmail.com To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Trilobite K-250 on Display at the Aquarium of the Pacific last week Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:08:04 -0800 Greetings SMMOMS, Well Scott was showing off the newly refit Trilobite K-250 last Monday at the Aquarium of the Pacific in California. There are three pictures you can view from the link below. http://www.underseavoyager.org/index.html Notice the sponsons have two hoses going into the top of them, one for venting and the other I presume for filling with air. Two free flooding vents in the bottom as well. The bow tank which is painted clear acrylic doesn't look to have a vent line, and I don't see one in the rear either. So I suspect the sponsons are the main ballast tanks. The plastic hatch ring and hinge was a nice touch Greg added. Looks like they still need to add lead plates to the skids. Before Refit http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/IMG_4573.JPG http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/K250_pic.png http://www.underseavoyager.org/images/K250_pic2.png Regards, Szybowski |