Looks like the oil drum sub made it to the water. Wonder if he returned to the surface? His periscope TV camera looks a little dodgy (notice the additional camera on the forward end of the sail) and note that it looks like he had to add an additional ballast tank aft for flotation wince we last saw this boat. Not much freeboard, a passing boat could swamp it easily. Looks like he subscribes to Brent’s method of sealing his hatch with Sikaflex. Sept. 3: Amateur inventor Tao Xiangli, 34, operates his fully-functional homemade submarine in a lake on the outskirts of Beijing. Xiangli took 2 years to invent and test the submarine which costs 30,000 yuan ($4,385). R/Jay Resepectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Bahamas Save the whales, collect the whole set. |