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I had seen this 2Dive Article a while back, and didn't get around to
translating it until now. There are some great pictures there as
well.
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Article TRANSLATED UNDERWATER ABENTEUER Blubbern in the U-boat brand EigenbauVon Dambeck
Holger and Sasha Klettke, Kiel
A naval architect Kieler lived a tinkerer's dream: He has explored the
simplest way, a U-boat handicrafts - and now the underwater world of the Baltic
and the Mediterranean Sea.
Neither license nor authorization he needed to kümmern.Der radio contact is
available. Michael Henrik Schmelter logs off from the water, "Okay, we'll dive."
The 43-year-old operated a small lever to the left of his seat to flood the
buoyancy tanks on the outside of his submarine to.
The water of the Kiel Fjord always beats faster to the Plexiglas domes,
after ten seconds, "2Dive" as Schmelter calls his submerged structure. >From land
are still short a few bubbles seen. Then only a red floating buoy announces the
position of "2Dive.
Inside, it feels like the car wash: while the weather is wet, you sit
comfortably in the dry and watches. But unlike in the car wash will be in the
U-boat after the dive brief bubbling quietly. The boat and its passengers are
now part of the underwater world. Schmelter has what many would have liked: a
private submarine, with which he can descend at any time. "2Dive" weighs around
two tons. Taking out the lead weights, reduces the mass of one ton. Thus
Schmelter can load the boat with the crane's trucks to transport virtually
anywhere in the world and back to unload. The Kiel Fjord is the root area of
2Dive ", the boat but also Schippert twice off the coast of Croatia and one in
Copenhagen.
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Foto: SPIEGEL ONLINE
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Video: sac
Von Land aus sind noch kurz ein paar Luftblasen zu sehen. Dann verkündet nur noch eine rote Schwimm-Boje die Position von "2Dive". Video: sacVon country are still short a few bubbles seen. Then only a red
floating buoy announces the position of
"2Dive.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U-Boot-Dock: Unter zwei großen Holzplatten hängt das U-Boot "2Dive" - befestigt an einem Holzsteg. Der Kieler Schiffbau-Ingenieur Michael Henrik Schmelter hat es selbst konstruiert und gebaut U-Boat Dock: In two large panels hanging submarine 2Dive "- attached to a
wooden footbridge. The Kiel shipbuilding engineer Michael Henrik Schmelter has
designed and built it myself
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simple Navigation: An Bord des U-Bootes befinden sich nur wenige Instrumente: ein Sonar und ein kleiner Kompass Simple navigation: On board the submarine are only a few tools: a sonar and a small compass ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Startklar: Mit Elektrowinden lässt Schmelter das Boot ins Wasser... Ready: With electric winches can lower the boat into the water ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...und prüft die Anschlüsse. Bei den beiden grauen Kästen außen am gelben Rumpf handelt es sich um die Auftriebstanks, die zum Abtauchen geflutet werden ... and check the connections. In the two gray boxes on the outside of the yellow body is The buoyancy tanks that are flooded to submerge.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atemluft für den Notfall: "Ich glaube nicht, dass wir das brauchen werden, aber ich nehme das mal mit", sagt Schmelter Breathing air for an emergency: "I do not think that we will
need it, but I'll take the time to install it., "said Schmelter
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Aufgetaucht: Der U-Boot-Bauer fährt mit "2Dive" zurück zum Steg. 2000 Arbeitsstunden hat Schmelter in seinen Traum investiert Surfaced: The U-boat Bauer is returning with "2Dive" to the dock. 2000 Working has Schmelter invested in his dream ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kapitän Nemo: Das Unterwasserboot bei einer Tauchfahrt in Kroatien Captain Nemo: The submarine during a dive in Croatia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kristallklares Wasser: Im Mittelmeer ist die Sicht deutlich besser als in der Ostsee, weshalb Schmelter diese Gefilde bevorzugt Crystal Clear Water: In the Mediterranean, the visibility is much better than in the Baltic Sea, which is why Schmelter these fields preferred --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foto PrivatTaucher: Im Notfall kann der U-Boot-Besatzung von außen geholfen werden - etwa indem ein Taucher Bleiballast entfernt und das Gefährt von allein auftaucht Photo PrivatTaucher: In an emergency, can the U-boat crew will be helped from the outside - for example by from a diver Bleiballast and the vehicle by itself appears -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trockengelegt: "2Dive" wiegt rund zwei Tonnen, ohne die Bleigewichte unterhalb des Rumpfs ist es nur eine Tonne schwer Drained: "2Dive weighs" about two tons, without the lead weights below the hull, it is only a ton of hard. Regards
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