Reminds me of that deranged Danish murderer that built a submarine for undisturbed murder sessions :S sadly his victim did not survive that
How to build a submarine and survive [video]
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Re: How to build a submarine and survive [video]
#32Is there a way to mute the speaker while the translation audio is playing? I'm hearing both voices simultaneously, is that intended?
Re: How to build a submarine and survive [video]
#33Step 1: Build the submarine Step 2: Don't go in the submarine
Step 3: if you do go in the submarine, don't go in a submarine built by a maverick billionaire/millionaire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kim_Wall / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_submersible_implosion
If you do find yourself in a situation where you are forced to ride in a billionaire's submarine, just make sure it's the billionaire who is fanatically obsessed with deep sea exploration...
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#34I went to college with a guy who said he was going to build a submarine. I thought it was a bit out there, but he was a driven guy.
40 years later I had a random call from his brother and asked about his sub dream. Turns out he not only built one, he built an entire company and his company has been building the SportSub for over 30 years now. Several hundred of them exist.
If I had 93000 USD laying around I might get one too.
Never stop dreaming.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh man, that's great! For me it was a go-kart. They were illegal where I lived (Chicago suburbs), but whatever. There were two big hurdles for a kid: acquisition of a side-shaft motor (lawn mower engines' shafts were vertical, so no dice) and acquisition of a clutch. I couldn't afford either of those. Nor could I weld. My friend and neighbor, as it turns out, inexplicably had a snow-blower engine in his garage. Horiz…
To be fair, I raced 2-stroke karts for years, and up until relatively recently, clutches weren't a thing. Most karts were direct-drive, as you didn't want lag and power loss, and simplicity was usually more important than anything else for weight and general sanity. The engine was more likely to stall when you didn't want it to than go when it shouldn't - if you spun in a race, that was it, race over. That said, the…
the one time i went out on an open wheel shifter kart i recall bump starting it and power shifting, but indeed no clutch.
Re: How to build a submarine and survive [video]
#36It reminds me of an obsession I had when I was young (maybe 12 or 13) where I kept iterating on a design for a mini-sub I had hoped to build. I must have checked out books on the history of the submarine about that time and became obsessed with the simplicity of the original Turtle submarine — operated with hand screws (propellers). Likely too I saw a homemade sub or scuba tow on the odd Popular Mechanics cover.... I…
>I planned on using plywood for the hull
Reminds me of the guys that entered a robot with MDF 'armour' for Robot Wars. You can imagine how well that went! ;0)
If you can't imagine it, see: https://robotwars.fandom.com/wiki/Overdozer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395VuP374HE (BTW I wouldn't call them 'idiots'. Kudos to them for having a go.)
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#37When I worked for the Navy, we hosted a human-powered submarine race in one of the model basins where we normally tested new ship designs. Anyone could enter but it was mostly university engineering teams. It was great fun to see the homemade designs people came up with and built (and were willing to dive in!) - there some good ones but also some hilariously bad ones. A submarine that can be steered accurately under…
Sounds cool. Where was that?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh man, that's great! For me it was a go-kart. They were illegal where I lived (Chicago suburbs), but whatever. There were two big hurdles for a kid: acquisition of a side-shaft motor (lawn mower engines' shafts were vertical, so no dice) and acquisition of a clutch. I couldn't afford either of those. Nor could I weld. My friend and neighbor, as it turns out, inexplicably had a snow-blower engine in his garage. Horiz…
To be fair, I raced 2-stroke karts for years, and up until relatively recently, clutches weren't a thing. Most karts were direct-drive, as you didn't want lag and power loss, and simplicity was usually more important than anything else for weight and general sanity. The engine was more likely to stall when you didn't want it to than go when it shouldn't - if you spun in a race, that was it, race over. That said, the…
Interesting! This was long before the Internet, so all I had to go on was books I checked out from the library about how to build stuff. They presented the clutch as a basic component.
The other topic I repeatedly checked books out on was movie special effects. Of course I wanted to make "laser beams" in my Super-8 movies. This, not surprisingly, was even less practical than a go-kart because it required an optical printer. Books offered the idea of drawing on or scratching the film as an alternative, but even as a kid I rejected that as utterly impractical and lame on a tiny 8mm frame.
I did make a bunch of movies, and do and build cool stuff as a kid. I wonder how much more I would have accomplished with access to all the info and 3-D printers and video capability kids have today. Would I do more because of all that, or less because of the massive distraction of the media now?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be fair, I raced 2-stroke karts for years, and up until relatively recently, clutches weren't a thing. Most karts were direct-drive, as you didn't want lag and power loss, and simplicity was usually more important than anything else for weight and general sanity. The engine was more likely to stall when you didn't want it to than go when it shouldn't - if you spun in a race, that was it, race over. That said, the…
Interesting! This was long before the Internet, so all I had to go on was books I checked out from the library about how to build stuff. They presented the clutch as a basic component. The other topic I repeatedly checked books out on was movie special effects. Of course I wanted to make "laser beams" in my Super-8 movies. This, not surprisingly, was even less practical than a go-kart because it required an optical p…
That last question is one I think about often! It sounds like your childhood was pretty well spent. I wanted to make lasers too - just not on film! I built most of one, but only lacked a decently sized ruby, for some reason. Probably just as well, as my childhood electronics would almost certainly have been at least as lethal as your kart...
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting! This was long before the Internet, so all I had to go on was books I checked out from the library about how to build stuff. They presented the clutch as a basic component. The other topic I repeatedly checked books out on was movie special effects. Of course I wanted to make "laser beams" in my Super-8 movies. This, not surprisingly, was even less practical than a go-kart because it required an optical p…
That last question is one I think about often! It sounds like your childhood was pretty well spent. I wanted to make lasers too - just not on film! I built most of one, but only lacked a decently sized ruby, for some reason. Probably just as well, as my childhood electronics would almost certainly have been at least as lethal as your kart...
To an eyeball or two, at least!