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TOO RICH
« on: April 25, 2016, 01:59:57 PM »
http://www.migaloo-submarines.com/

You know you are too damn rich if you can afford one of these.
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2016, 02:26:43 PM »
No, you'd be too rich. If I could afford it, it would be just the right amount of rich.
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2016, 02:32:54 PM »
Might just be the ultimate in zombie apocalypse prep, right there.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2016, 02:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Chris on April 25, 2016, 02:32:54 PM
Might just be the ultimate in zombie apocalypse prep, right there.

Not without nuclear power, it's not.
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2016, 03:17:20 PM »
If I could afford it I still wouldn't buy it.

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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2016, 03:35:50 PM »
^^^^^

That. I liked the video, "discover uncharted paths", ummmmmmmm no. I have a good friend that tried that onboard the USS San Francisco when they hit an uncharted seamount off of Guam. To say he is lucky to still be here among the living in an understatement.



The migaloo would just be one of those "lost at sea" anecdotes when sailors get together if it hit anything underwater I have a feeling. ;)

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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2016, 03:58:37 PM »
Quote from: BobR on April 25, 2016, 03:35:50 PM
^^^^^

That. I liked the video, "discover uncharted paths", ummmmmmmm no. I have a good friend that tried that onboard the USS San Francisco when they hit an uncharted seamount off of Guam. To say he is lucky to still be here among the living in an understatement.



The migaloo would just be one of those "lost at sea" anecdotes when sailors get together if it hit anything underwater I have a feeling. ;)

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That looks like it was one hell of a bad day.  Just read the Wiki article.  Glad there were so few injuries, and only the one fatality.  Hitting a mountain at full speed...  (shudder).
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2016, 04:09:43 PM »
My friend was the Diving Officer of the Watch (DOOW) when they grounded.

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I was the Diving Officer of the Watch when we grounded. If you read the emails from ComSubPac, you will get some of the details, from flank speed to less than 4 knots in less than 4 seconds. We have it recorded on the RLGN's-those cranky bastages actually stayed up and recorded everything. For you guys that don't understand that, take a Winnebego full of people milling around and eating, slam it into a concrete wall at about 40mph, and then try to drive the damn thing home and pick up the pieces of the passengers.

http://patriotfiles.org/SSN711Accident.htm

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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2016, 04:22:52 PM »
I really doubt that think can stay submerged all the time.  Probably only goes submerged for short periods.  However, I would expect some sort of active sonar to stay on at all times. 
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2016, 05:20:42 PM »
Strand will take one, right after he drowns Madison.
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2016, 05:20:53 PM »
Only artist's concepts, no actual pix . . . may as well be starship pix unless/until they actually build one or more.
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2016, 06:13:23 PM »
Great big ole bag full of NOPE from this bubblehead.
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2016, 06:31:53 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 25, 2016, 06:13:23 PM
Great big ole bag full of NOPE from this bubblehead.

Then you'd love this quote from their website:
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Rely on maximum safety thanks to the modern acrylic pressure hull design offering incomparable deck spaces.

ACRYLIC....MODERN?

What...in...the...name...of...all...that...is...holy.

Who is going to trust their lives to a 400ft long plastic tube at several hundred feet down?  I mean, a small research sphere...sure...but a damn full size sub? 

I think I'll stick with HY-80 thank you...
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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2016, 07:20:12 PM »
Sorta wish I was rich enough to afford this:
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« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2016, 07:22:25 PM »
...But I couldn't even afford one of this guy's toys...... :'(
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2016, 07:27:39 PM »
I'min when they perfect the Magnetohydrodynamic Drive.
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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2016, 07:34:57 PM »
Quote from: dogmush on April 25, 2016, 07:27:39 PM
I'min when they perfect the Magnetohydrodynamic Drive.

Then all you need is a chorus of Russians..
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2016, 08:59:23 PM »
Quote from: birdman on April 25, 2016, 06:31:53 PM
Then you'd love this quote from their website:
ACRYLIC....MODERN?

What...in...the...name...of...all...that...is...holy.

Who is going to trust their lives to a 400ft long plastic tube at several hundred feet down?  I mean, a small research sphere...sure...but a damn full size sub? 

I think I'll stick with HY-80 thank you...

HY-80 served me well enough but I think they have changed over to HY-100 or HY-110 now a days.
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2016, 09:47:36 PM »
Quote from: birdman on April 25, 2016, 06:31:53 PM
Then you'd love this quote from their website:
ACRYLIC....MODERN?

What...in...the...name...of...all...that...is...holy.

Who is going to trust their lives to a 400ft long plastic tube at several hundred feet down?  I mean, a small research sphere...sure...but a damn full size sub? 

I think I'll stick with HY-80 thank you...
I finally saw where it said the test depth was 450 meters.  That is pretty deep.  I guess the maintenance inspections are for the little people.

A guy at work was down in the Florida Keys.  He met a guy who was a deck hand on one of those big yahts.  Apparently it was a cush job with not a lot to do except when the boss was in town.  Then there was also the issue that the boss might decide to go to Hawaii and order the crew to move the boat over there.

I guess all the real billionaires are looking for status symbols to waste money.
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2016, 12:28:26 AM »
No way in hell I'd take plastic sewer pipe like that to 1300'.
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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2016, 12:54:42 AM »
Country code for the number on the website is Austrian. Isn't Austria landlocked?
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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2016, 01:43:55 AM »
I'd rather have my own floaty island....
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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2016, 07:31:53 AM »
Quote from: Jocassee on April 26, 2016, 12:54:42 AM
Country code for the number on the website is Austrian. Isn't Austria landlocked?

Tiny detail, doesn't mean the brains behind an endeavor such as this has to be near water.

Quote from: scout26 on April 26, 2016, 01:43:55 AM
I'd rather have my own floaty island....

Kind of my thoughts.
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Re: TOO RICH
« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2016, 01:00:05 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 25, 2016, 08:59:23 PM
HY-80 served me well enough but I think they have changed over to HY-100 or HY-110 now a days.


They Seawolfs were HY-100 due to their deeper diving requirement, but I think they went back to 80 for the Virginias due to HY-100 being a royal PITA to weld...I could be wrong.

In any case, "Not even GOD can get through HY-100"  =)
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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2016, 01:50:17 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on April 26, 2016, 01:43:55 AM
I'd rather have my own floaty island....

... as long as it doesn't capsize like Guam.
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